Banjhākrini
deity forest Kirati people of Nepal single tradition · 2
Banjhākrini is both ursine and humanoid, with long hair on her head, long, pendulous breasts, and backward-pointing feet. She is usually described as bloodthirsty and brutal. She carries a symbolic golden sickle.
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When
Relationships
- consort of
- Banjhākri
- co occurs with
- Vetala, Churel, Mogwai, Hungry ghost, Vengeful ghost, Wangliang, Yaoguai, Gwisin, Korean virgin ghost, Egg ghost, Aavi, Brahmarakshasa, Bhakolwa, Bhoota (ghost), Baak, Chetkin, Chir batti, Challava, Dakini, Daayan, Ded futiya, Jokkho, Nishi daak, Naagin, Nale Ba, Pishacha, Preta, Pūtam, Yakshini, Kichkandi, Raakebhoot, Pichal Peri, Śākinī
- allied with
- Banjhākri
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Banjhākri and Banjhākrini are shamanic deities in the tradition of the Kirati people of Nepal and Sikkim, Darjeeling, and Kalimpong in India. They are a couple, and possibly different aspects of the same being. They are supernatural shamans of the forest.”
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