There are many types of ghosts in Bengali culture; Some significant of them are-

Bengali Ghosts

Petni: The 'Petni' is the female ghost who had some unsatisfied hope of survival and died unmarried. The word petni comes from the Sanskrit "Pretni" word (masculine word 'Pret' that means ghost). These ghosts can usually take any shape, even the size of a man. These ghosts are generally committed to committing a crime while alive and roam the earth cursed after death. The Petnis are usually very grumpy and are clearly in human shape until someone is attacked. There is only one problem with the shape of the petanis, which is the turn of their legs is backward. There is only one way to identify them and that is by looking at their feet, i.e., their toes are rotated backward and feet forward even when people are holding on. 

Shakchunni: The word Shakchunni comes from the Sanskrit word Shankhchurni. This is the ghost of married women who wear specially made Bengali white clothes and wear conch shells or conch shells in their hands. Conch shells are symbols of Bengali married Hindu women. Shakchunis usually rely on or attack wealthy married women so that they can live like that woman themselves and enjoy married life. According to folklore, they live in the Sheora tree. 

Chorachunni: Chorachuni is a very wicked ghost. They do evil to people. Usually, if a thief dies, he becomes a thief. They go out at full moon night and enter people's houses and perform evil. Gangajal (Ganga water is considered holy water in Hindu culture) is arranged at home to escape them.

Owl Ghost(Pecha Pechi): Such ghosts are not common. The idea of owl ghosts is from owls. They catch pairs and hunt. They are believed to be seen in different forests of Bengal. They usually chase unfortunate travelers in the forest and attack and kill the traveler in a completely lonely state and tear away the meat of the prey.

Mechobhut: Such ghosts like to eat fish. The word mecho comes from Bengali fish. Mecho ghosts usually live on the banks of a pond in the village or on the lakeside where more fish are found. Sometimes they steal fish from kitchens or fishermen's boats. When someone from the market buys fish and returns through the village road, it follows it and snatches the fish by attacking it with a deserted bamboo or a bill.

Deo: Such ghosts live in ponds, ponds, rivers, and various water bodies. They are believed to have thrown people into the water and drowned them. When people who come to bathe in the water are found alone, they drag their feet from the bottom and take them deep into the water. In this, the man strangulated to death.

Nishi: Nishi is one of the most dangerous of the ghosts. Other ghosts usually attack people in secluded areas when they are found alone, but Nishi calls the victim by name in the voice of his beloved man late at night and takes him out. People were hypnotized by Nishi's call and opened the door of the room and never returned. They are believed to have turned into Nishisi themselves. Some tantrics are nourished to take revenge against others. According to folklore, Nishira cannot call a man more than twice. So no one should call three times at night to leave the room and there is no fear of nishi's attack.

Mamdo Ghost Mamdo Bhoot: According to Hindu belief, it is the soul of Muslims. Their body structure is more like sperm, that is, gradually narrowing from the bottom of their waist. They have no legs and float in the air. One of them has a hat on his head and a long beard. They usually live in large and dense vegetation around the cemetery, and there is folklore that they scare them in different ways when someone goes through it.

Gechobhut: Gecho ghost lives in a tree. The word gecho comes from the word tree. According to folklore, the souls of people who commit suicide by hanging themselves from the branches of trees remain within the tree and become ghosts. But they live in different trees. Large and bushy plants are their favorite refuges. They scare people in different ways. The most common of these is that when a person walks alone at night, they hang themselves on the tree, causing the person to lose consciousness in great fear. According to some, their body structure is more like monkeys and they live in palm trees. According to some ( who have seen), they come down from the palm tree in such a way that the lizard moves on the wall i.e. with the head down and the legs up and down the tree.

Brahmadaatya: Such ghosts are the most popular and they usually do no harm to anyone. Such ghosts are the ghosts of brahmins. They usually walk in dhoti and paita. They are considered holy ghosts. They are very kind and do a lot of good to people. Their characters were filmed in various Bengali films.

Beghbhut (Tiger Ghost): These are the souls of people who are believed to have died in tiger attacks. Such ghosts are generally more common in the Sundarbans region because tiger incubation is sundarbans. These ghosts threaten ed the villagers who came to the forest for honey and tried to take them to the tiger. Sometimes they call out to the tiger to scare the villagers.

Skandhakata/Kandhakta/Kabandha: These ghosts remain headless. Usually, these are the souls of people who have lost their heads at the time of their death, such as a train accident or any other accident. Ghosts in this class always look for their lost heads and attack other people and turn them into slaves and employ them to look for their heads.

Skandhakata/Kandhakta/Kabandha
Kanavulo: Ghosts of this class forget the destination of the pedestrian and throw them into the circle and bring them to unknown places. Sometimes people keep on roaming the same road again and again. The ghosts killed his victim after arriving at a particular destination. In this case, the victim loses his knowledge. Such ghosts can be seen on the way to the village grounds at night. The victim is always alone or separated from the group.

Jheyo Petni: They usually hide in the tamarisk tree. In the evening, if the pedestrian alone goes to the tamarisk tree or forest, he is caught and carried to the Top of the tamarisk tree by such Jheyo Petni.

Dakini: Witch is the ghost of the loyal class of old men. They love to eat ducks. There is a palm or coconut tree by the pond or Lake. One of their habits is to walk around in the guise of a girl at noon.   




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