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the child out and both mother and child are buried in the same grave. The
Majhwar of Mizapur bury their corpses with thorns and pile heavy stones on top to stop Churels from getting out. In the hilly regions of India, the dead woman is anointed with five products of a cow and texts are recited. Her coffin is then burned and then either buried or thrown in the river. Other techniques include nailing the four fingers and toes and roping together all the thumbs and big toes with iron rings and planting mustard in the soil in which she died.
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is that the mustard blossoms in the world of the dead, and the sweet smell pleases the spirit and keeps her content, so that she does not long to revisit her earthly home; secondly, the Churel rises from her grave at nightfall and seeks to return to her friends but when she sees the minute grains of the mustard scattered abroad and stoops to pick it up, and while she is engaged, the sun rises and she is unable to visit her home. This story also tells us that the Churel usually only comes out during the night.
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the youngest. She would drain him of blood until he is shriveled up into an old man and then go for the next male. When all the males in her family are done, she moves on to other people. Any person who has seen a Churel can also be attacked by a deadly disease and those who answer to her night calls can end up dead.
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churels, and a number of measures that supposedly prevent churels from coming to life. The family of a woman who dies a traumatic, tragic, or unnatural death might perform special rituals fearing that the victimised woman might return as a churel. The corpses of suspected churels are also buried in a
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and special texts are recited." In the Hilly regions, the place where a pregnant woman died is carefully scraped and the earth removed. The spot is then sown with mustard (sarson), which is also sprinkled along the road traversed by the corpse on its way to the burial ground. The reason behind this
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say that if a girl dies during pregnancy or when she is unclean she becomes a Churel and appears in the form of a pretty little girl in white clothes and seduces men away to the mountains; the only way to free those captured is to sacrifice a goat. The
Bhuiyars say that if a girl dies before she is
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hunts for young men on highways and seduces the lone traveller to accompany her. Sometimes, she imprisons him in her lair in the graveyard, sucking his blood a little at a time. Sometimes, she is described as feeding on his semen. Legend says that a churel will hold a young man captive until he is
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Churels are most often reported in and around cemeteries, cremation grounds, abandoned battlefields, thresholds of houses, crossroads, and toilets. If the Churel was one who died due to ill-treatment by family members, she avenges her early death by going for the males of her family, starting with
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The true form of a Churel is described as extremely ugly with saggy breasts, a black tongue, and thick rough lips although sometimes she is reported to have no mouth at all. She may have a pot belly, claw-like hands, and scruffy, long pubic-like hair. They are also described to have pig faces with
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The Churel sometimes singles out unmarried boys in their teens for their attention, then visits them at night to make love to them. If she does not leave the boy alone, he will become progressively weak until he dies in order to join her. She is also said to be always on the watch to attack other
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elderly, or else uses him sexually until he withers, dies, and joins the spirit. Another tale narrates that a young man who is seduced by the churel and eats the food given to him, returns at dawn to the village, turned into an aged man.
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88.0 FM was famous for sharing allegedly true paranormal stories. In that show, people from all over the country often called in to share their own stories of supernatural creatures and there have been several accounts of
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Pakistan. Churel have remained prevalent in modern-day literature, cinema, television, and radio, with many references to their activities. There may still be reports of sightings in rural regions in South-East Asia.
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In some places in India, the corpse may be carried out of the house from the side door, rather than the front door so that the deceased does not find her way back in the house. If a woman dies during childbirth or during her
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in India where a woman is said to be impure during her period and the twelve days after she has given birth. According to some sources, in India, if a woman dies an unnatural death or during childbirth, especially during
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559:(2020) is a retelling of this legend which gives a fictional origin of Churel. But without depicting her as an antagonist, this film takes a more feminist approach by narrating the story in a different perspective.
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of an unpurified living thing", but because she is often said to latch on to trees, she is also called a tree-spirit. According to some legends, a woman who dies very cruely will come back as a
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large fangs or human-like faces with sharp tusks and long, wild hair. She is sometimes described as having a fair front and a black back, but she invariably has her feet turned backward.
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1964:Yantra cloth
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1488:. Retrieved
1481:the original
1477:bdnews24.com
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2508:Coincidence
2462:Toi toi toi
2377:Literomancy
2270:Break a leg
2229:Curse of 39
2162:tetraphobia
2101:Troll cross
1990:Bayern-luck
1924:Kuman Thong
1849:Maneki-neko
1844:Kanai Anzen
1829:Pichal Peri
1824:Nazar battu
1710:I'noGo tied
1538:Main topics
614:Pichal Peri
538:Sukumar Ray
211:Pichal Peri
173:shape-shift
113:/ किचकन्नी
109:/ किचकण्डी
105:: किचकन्या
2598:Categories
2543:Numerology
2518:Divination
2472:Witch ball
2422:Rainmaking
2325:First-foot
2285:Cramp-ring
2275:Bullroarer
2117:Wolfssegen
2111:Witch post
2005:Cornicello
1929:Palad khik
1909:Pagtatawas
1490:2016-03-04
1264:2012-10-22
742:2016-04-03
650:References
510:witchcraft
382:Activities
348:Appearance
177:life-force
150:Bangladesh
138:South Asia
131:demoniacal
64:Shakchunni
2649:Revenants
2493:Apophenia
2457:Threshold
2260:Black cat
2049:Need-fire
1939:Nang Kwak
1889:Albularyo
1874:Feng shui
1869:Fan death
1814:Navaratna
1784:Chhaupadi
1632:Gris-gris
1565:Talismans
989:Anthropos
732:Daily Sun
487:cremation
231:Indonesia
223:Pontianak
192:folkloric
115:kichkanni
111:kichkandi
107:kichkanya
93:/ পেত্নী
2654:Vampires
2513:Debunker
2044:Mooncalf
2000:Cimaruta
1954:Jin Chan
1690:Curupira
1675:Carranca
1670:Brujería
1651:Americas
1550:Evil eye
1453:23006472
1348:75371463
1280:Folklore
1228:ProQuest
1001:40442412
860:40860835
803:25841079
773:29757456
714:30546821
684:(1894).
571:See also
431:Rakshasi
330:alvantin
297:Kharwars
279:Majhwars
271:Mirzapur
242:Creation
227:Malaysia
199:revenant
181:virility
166:revenant
158:Pakistan
134:revenant
119:mythical
117:), is a
99:śakcunnī
36:Churreyl
2486:Related
2219:27 Club
2127:General
1864:Omamori
1839:Akabeko
1809:Muhurta
1779:(ghost)
1680:Cooties
1340:3629084
1300:1256550
1232:2443980
1090:2788048
1076:: 158.
974:1252374
898:1177740
594:Banshee
556:Bulbbul
516:Stories
435:dakinis
392:dakinis
324:nagulai
301:Gujarat
275:Pataris
213:in the
203:ghostly
195:sayings
89:চুড়েল
87:Bangla:
48:Chuṛail
40:Chudail
18:Chudail
2397:Nelson
1973:Europe
1934:Takrut
1894:Barang
1884:Agimat
1789:Churel
1615:Africa
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358:Patari
312:jakhai
306:jakihn
287:Punjab
267:Korwas
260:Diwali
248:Persia
219:Bengal
215:Punjab
103:Nepali
75:cuṛail
72:चुड़ैल
52:Cuḍail
44:Chudel
32:Churel
2412:Penny
2290:Curse
2178:11:11
1914:Pasma
1899:Kulam
1859:Ofuda
1819:Nazar
1777:Bhoot
1720:Susto
1695:Djucu
1637:Sampy
1579:Lists
1484:(PDF)
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