Vetāla

ghost · India · South Asia

Vetāla is the diacritically-marked Sanskrit form of vetala (slug: vetala), not a distinct entity. This record duplicates vetala with near-identical data. In Sanskrit texts, vetāla inhabits corpses and trees (baobab/tamarind), knows past/present/future, and features in the Vetala Panchavimshati. The record's 'benevolent' behavior tag is atypical — vetalas are morally ambivalent.

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