An ancient Vetala deity worshipped in Goa at the village of Loliem. Vetala are a type of mystical ghostly species of beings.
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A famous example of them occurs in the book Kathasaritsagara, in which a king tries to capture a Vetala, but each time the Vetala tells him a story with a riddle at the end. This occurs 25 times, and those 25 stories are the basis of much of the world's folklore.
A famous example of them occurs in the book Kathasaritsagara, in which a king tries to capture a Vetala, but each time the Vetala tells him a story with a riddle at the end. This occurs 25 times, and those 25 stories are the basis of much of the world's folklore.
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Kathasaritsagara is originally based on a lost epic called Brihatkatha. Brihatkatha was written in the Paishachi langauge (language of ghosts) which is no longer known on Earth, but is believed to have been known by some people in the Dvapara yuga.
Kathasaritsagara is originally based on a lost epic called Brihatkatha. Brihatkatha was written in the Paishachi langauge (language of ghosts) which is no longer known on Earth, but is believed to have been known by some people in the Dvapara yuga.
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There is a cult of Vetala worship in the villages of Goa. As you go further south and enter Karnataka it changes to Bhuta worship. When you enter Tamil Nadu, it becomes worship of people such as Ayyanar, Muneeswaran and Karuppaswami.
(Images and text all from Google)
There is a cult of Vetala worship in the villages of Goa. As you go further south and enter Karnataka it changes to Bhuta worship. When you enter Tamil Nadu, it becomes worship of people such as Ayyanar, Muneeswaran and Karuppaswami.
(Images and text all from Google)
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