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Bramrachokh
Bramrachokh (), also known as Bram Bram Chokh or Rachok, in Kashmiri legend is a mythical being who inhabits desolate areas and fools travellers by pretending to be a light. He is a monster with a fire pot balanced on his head. On his forehead, is a strong, shining eye. It is thought that late travellers frequently encounter this light in remote locations, which causes them to either ditch or cave. Children frequently sit by their windows in villages, casting glances at distant locations where light burns and extinguishes, and calling out to their friends to watch "Rahchok." See also * Chillai Kalan * Rantas Rantas () is a mythical creature from Kashmiri folklore - a female with long hair, pointed teeth, long nails, and inverted feet who ventures out during heavily snowy nights. She is invoked to frighten children into staying safely at home during wi ... References {{reflist Kashmiri culture South Asian legendary creatures Kashmiri Folklore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rantas
Rantas () is a mythical creature from Kashmiri folklore - a female with long hair, pointed teeth, long nails, and inverted feet who ventures out during heavily snowy nights. She is invoked to frighten children into staying safely at home during winter. Rantas is said to abduct men, keeping them prisoner and later marrying them, due to sorrow over the loss of her lover. In stories, she wanders and wails on moonless nights, walking on feet which are turned backward. She only ventures out during heavily snowing nights and kidnaps young men who she gets infatuated with. A famous story of Love-Lone and Rantas is quite popular in Kashmir urban legend which usually revolves around a man named Lav Lone who was kidnapped by the creature Rantas disguised as a beautiful woman in the Nallah Ferozpora which some people doubt in the plot-location. Some sources however argue the story originated in the forests of Anantnag (Islamabad) while some others differ the location. In January 2021, a cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashmiri Mythical Bramrachokh Painting
Kashmiri may refer to: * People or things related to the Kashmir Valley or the broader region of Kashmir * Kashmiris, an ethnic group native to the Kashmir Valley * Kashmiri language, their language People with the name * Kashmiri Saikia Baruah, Indian actress * Abid Kashmiri, Pakistani actor and a comedian * Agha Hashar Kashmiri (1879–1935), Urdu poet, playwright and dramatist * Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975), Pakistani scholar and politician * Amr Kashmiri (born 1987), Pakistani actor and musician * Anwar Shah Kashmiri (1875–1933), Kashmiri Islamic scholar from former British India * Aziz Kashmiri (born 1919), Kashmiri journalist * Hamidi Kashmiri (born 1932), Indian poet and academic * Ilyas Kashmiri (1964–2011), senior al-Qaeda operative * Shahzad Kashmiri, Pakistani television and film director and cinematographer * Kashmiri Lal Zakir (1919–2016), Indian writer * MC Kash (born 1990), Kashmiri Rapper See also * Kashmir (other) * Kashmiri Muslims * Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompasses a larger area that includes the Indian-administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Chinese-administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract. Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent. It is bounded by the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang to the northeast and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the east (both parts of China), by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south, by Pakistan to the west, and by Afghanistan to the northwest. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, ... The southern and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend
A legend is a Folklore genre, genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived, both by teller and listeners, to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude (literature), verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants may include miracles. Legends may be transformed over time to keep them fresh and vital. Many legends operate within the realm of uncertainty, never being entirely believed by the participants, but also never being resolutely doubted. Legends are sometimes distinguished from myths in that they concern human beings as the main characters rather than gods, and sometimes in that they have some sort of historical basis whereas myths generally do not. The Brothers Grimm defined ''legend'' as "Folklore, folktale historically grounded". A by-product of the "concern with human beings" is the long list o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mythical Creature
A legendary creature (also mythical or mythological creature) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before modernity. In the classical era, monstrous creatures such as the Cyclops and the Minotaur appear in heroic tales for the protagonist to destroy. Other creatures, such as the unicorn, were claimed in accounts of natural history by various scholars of antiquity. Some legendary creatures have their origin in traditional mythology and were believed to be real creatures, for example dragons, griffins, and unicorns. Others were based on real encounters, originating in garbled accounts of travellers' tales, such as the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, which supposedly grew tethered to the earth. Creatures A variety of mythical animals appear in the art and stories of the classical era. For example, in the ''Odyssey'', monstrous creatures in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chillai Kalan
Chillai Kalan or Chilla-i-Kalan ( , Translation : ''forty days of intense cold'') is the local name given to 40 day period of harsh winter in Kashmir. It is the coldest part of winter, starting from 21 December to January 29 every year. Chillai-Kalan is followed by 20-day long Chillai Khurd ( , Translation : ''small cold'') that occurs between January 30 and February 18 and a 10-days long Chillai Bachha ( , Translation : ''baby cold'') which is from February 19 to February 28. Weather During this 40 day period in Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ..., nights are chilly and day temperatures thrive in single digits. During Chillai-Kalan, the weather in valley of Kashmir continues to remain cold with minimum temperatures hovering below the freezing point. The snow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashmiri Culture
The culture of Kashmir encompasses the spoken language, written literature, cuisine, architecture, traditions, and history of the Kashmiri people native to the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. The culture of Kashmir was influenced by the Persian as well as Central Asian cultures after the Islamic invasion of Kashmir. Kashmiri culture is heavily influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism and later by Islam. Early History ''Vedic'' art and culture grew in Kashmir, and some early Vedic hymns were composed there. The '' Bharata Natya Shastra'', which is notable as an ancient encyclopedic treatise on the arts which has influenced dance, music and literary traditions in Indian culture, originated in Kashmir. 2nd century BC writer ''Patanjali'' compiled his compendium on Yoga in Kashmir. The ''Panchatantra'' is also said to have originated in this region. At the time when ''Pali'' was the primary language for Buddhist literature in the rest of India, all the Buddhist literatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Asian Legendary Creatures
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
