• Vetala Tales is a popular collection of short stories from India of unknown age and antiquity, but predating the 11th century CE. It exists in four main...
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    Vikramaditya legends. There are minor variations among the recensions; see List of Vetala Tales. In Kshemendra, Somadeva and Śivadāsa's recensions, the king is named...
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  • Vikram Aur Betaal (category Television shows based on fairy tales)
    'Betaal Pachisi,' which is a collection of tales penned by the 11th-century Kashmiri poet Somdev Bhatt. The tales unfold as the ghost Betaal shares his...
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  • This is a list of legendary creatures from mythology, folklore and fairy tales, sorted by their classification or affiliation. Creatures from modern fantasy...
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  • Riddle-tales are traditional stories featuring riddle-contests. They frequently provide the context for the preservation of ancient riddles for posterity...
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    Nachzehrer Orek Qutrub Revenant Ro-langs Rusalka Skeleton Strzyga Upiór Vampire Vetala Vrykolakas Werewolf Wiedergänger Wight Wendigo Wurdulac Zombie Zombie animal...
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  • Vikram Vedha (category Films based on fairy tales)
    Retrieved 23 June 2018. "'Vikram Vedha' inspired from Vikramaditya-Vetala tales". Sify. 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2018. Retrieved...
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    Chandamama (category Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from April 2023)
    terms of language, presentation, artwork, and content. While it continued to carry old favourites like Vetala Panchavimshati and mythological tales, there...
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  • Daayan Chetkin Churel Challava Manjulika Naagin Nale Ba Pishacha Preta Pūtam Vetala Yakshini Sri Lanka Asura Bodilima Devil Bird Gara yaka Holnab Kalu Kumara...
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    Bhoota (ghost) (category Culture of Nepal)
    Ghosts in Tibetan culture Kanjirottu Yakshi List of ghosts List of superstitions in India Preta, vetala and pishacha Yakshini Britannica; Dale Hoiberg;...
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  • This is a list of legendary creatures from Indian folklore, including those from Vedic and Hindu mythology, sorted by their classification or affiliation...
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  • Vikram Vedha (2022 film) (category Films based on fairy tales)
    and Jio Studios. A remake of the director duo's 2017 Tamil film of the same name, it is inspired by the Indian folktale Vetala Panchavimshati and stars...
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  • The White Bird and His Wife (category Asian fairy tales)
    of two Tibetan compilations of Vetala tales, one with 13 chapters and the other with 21. Also, both versions were mentioned in the work The Book of the...
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  • an Asian tale from the collection of Vetala (also known as The Bewitched Corpse Cycle) about a cow-born hero. The tale was used as the plot of the 1981...
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  • The tale is related to the cycle of the animal bridegroom, but scholars consider it a narrative that developed in East Asia, since most of the tales are...
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    Bhupatindra Malla (category Malla kings of Bhaktapur)
    moustache, Vétāla is believed to be a mischievous child. Vétāla is worshipped as the protector of Bhaktapur and of Bhairava. A statue of Vétāla is installed...
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    Chupacabra Draugr Hungry ghost Medieval revenant Sexual vampire Undead Vetala Wight Yaoguai Yokai Vampire burial Zombie Lam, Stephanie (2009). "Hop on...
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  • hunter. In "Damaged Goods", Donna Hanscum mentions that Alex took out two vetala by herself while updating Dean. Asa Fox, portrayed by Shaine Jones as an...
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    communicate. In India, tales of vetalas, ghoul-like beings that inhabit corpses, are found in old Sanskrit folklore. Although most vetala legends have been...
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    associates blood drinking with some kind of revenant or demon, or in some cases a deity. In India tales of vetālas, ghoulish beings that inhabit corpses...
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    Adhigaaram Ondru Also for Nibunan "'Vikram Vedha' inspired from Vikramaditya-Vetala tales". Sify. 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2018. Retrieved...
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  • The Horse Lurja (category Female characters in fairy tales)
    Tibetologist Yuri Parfionovich [ru] published a similar tale in the compilation "Игра Веталы с человеком" ("Vetala's Game with a Man"), with the title "Три брата-демона"...
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  • include a range of spirits (Vetalas, Rakshasas, Bhutas, and Pishachas) that might be classified as demons. These spirits are souls of beings that have...
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    Ksemendra's various works like the Avadānakalpalatā. Folk tale (or fairy tale) collections include the Vetala Pañcaviṃśati, Siṃhāsana Dvātriṃśikā, and the Suktasaptati...
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    often mischief mongers, spirits for a length of time before being reborn. Many kinds of such spirits (Vetalas and Pishachas) are recognized in the later...
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