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HINDU DEMON - BHUTA (GAYAL)
The Hindu Bhūta is a type of evil
spirit. It is especially the evil ghost
of a man who has died due to execution,
accident, or suicide. People protect
themselves by lying on the ground,
because the bhūtās never rest on earth.
In the Bhagvad Gita, Krishna the Avatar
declares that the humans who worship
bhūtās become bhūtās themselves; this is
part of a larger discourse wherein the
Avatar tells Prince Arjuna that the
worshipper and the worshipped ultimately
become one. The word "Bhūt" is still
used in Hindi to categorize a ghost.
The term Bhūta is sometimes applied in a way that
includes all of the Hindu vampiric demi-gods, demons, and
undead. But its special meaning is the revenant of a man who
died under such circumstances as accident, execution as a
criminal or suicide, unmarried or without an heir. In some
regions of India, a Hindu who dies under such circumstances
is buried instead of being cremated and given a proper
funeral .
The Bhūta often satisfies its appetite by eating the
intestines and excrement it finds in other corpses. But it
also attacks humans, causing them to become sick, and death
often results, concentrating upon his relatives and the sons
of his neighbors. |
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