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jilaiya

In Bihar, northeastern India, a night-fiend who assumes the shape of a bird. It is able to suck the blood of any person whose name it hears.

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References

Source

  • Bonnerjea, Biren. (1920). A Dictionary of Superstitions and Mythology. Thomson Gale.

Details

  • Region Bihar

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