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Churel

Wɔfrɛ no bio: chudail, churail, petni, shakchunni, pichal peri
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewƐsesaOwuo bɔne anaa ayie a ɛnkɔɔ yie1500 kɔsi 1899

The churel is the dangerous dead woman of South Asian folklore, the returned form of someone who died in childbirth or through ill-treatment. She seduces and destroys men, beginning with her own male relatives. The precautions taken against her are aimed squarely at the corpse: it is pinned, bound, broken and buried face down under thorns and stones. Those measures closely match anti-revenant burial practice in Europe.1

Fa ko
Wɔdii kan kyerɛw
1880
Described in colonial-era ethnography, including William Crooke's study of North Indian folklore (1894)
Mfiase
South Asian
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal
Deɛ ɛde ba
Owuo bɔne anaa ayie a ɛnkɔɔ yie
A woman who dies in childbirth, in pregnancy or during ritual impurity, or by cruelty, returns.
Sɛnea wobɛdane bi
Death in or around childbirth, or any unnatural death; in Bengal, dying unmarried or with desires unfulfilled.
Sɛnea ɛkeka ne ho
Ɛsesa
Waits near trees and lonely places and leads men away into woods or hills.
Nyansa
Nyansafoɔ
Mmerɛwyɛ
  • filling the grave with thorns and piling stones on top
  • nailing or binding the fingers and toes with iron
  • breaking the legs, sewing the eyes shut with thorns and burying the body face down
  • sowing mustard seed along the funeral route
  • carrying the body out through a side door

Ɛberɛ bɛn na ɛdii kan puee?

Tete wiaseMfinimfini Mmerɛ1500 kɔsi 18991900 kɔsi 19671968 kɔsi 19992000 kɔsi 20092010 kɔsi ɛnnɛ1880

Described in colonial-era ethnography, including William Crooke's study of North Indian folklore (1894)

nhwehwɛmu nsɛm

Deɛ fibea no ka

1

Described as a 'demonical revenant' with a physical, monstrous body1

2

Her feet point backwards1

3

She can appear as a beautiful woman, behind which is a pot belly, claws and fangs1

4

She drains men's vitality so that they return aged, or kills them, starting with the youngest males of her own family1

5

The belief travelled with Indian indentured labourers to Trinidad, Guyana and Suriname1

Wobɛtumi atu mmirika aboro no?

Ahoɔhare kuo a efi sɛnea fibea kyerɛkyerɛ mu (ɛsesa), ɛnyɛ susudua.

Wo, nantew bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wo, mmirika brɛoo bɛyɛ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Churel bɛyɛ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ɔpanin a ne ho yɛ den a ɔtu mmirika denden bɛyɛ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Sakrekafoɔ a ɔyɛ ntɛm bɛyɛ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Fibea

  1. Churel - Wikipedia

Asɛm biara a ɛwɔ krataafa yi so fi saa fibea yi mu, na yɛde yɛn ankasa nsɛm na akyerɛw. Wohunuu mfomsoɔ bi? Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected].

Ma dɔm no aduane. Dawurubɔ nni hɔ, trackers nni hɔ, onipa baako na ɔtua ho ka. Akyɛdeɛ ma ɛkɔ so wɔ intanɛt so.Ma akyɛdeɛ

Tete nsɛm a efi nsase koro no ara so

VetalaHindu (Indian), 1070

Berɛ koro: 1500 kɔsi 1899

JiangshiChinese, 1789Zombi (Haitian)Haitian (Vodou folklore), 1750StrigoiRomanian, 1714Vampir (South Slavic)South Slavic (Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Bosnian), 1725AbhartachIrish, 1870Arnold PaoleSerbian, 1732
Ma dɔm no aduaneMa akyɛdeɛ