Bengali folklore

thumb Shakchunni (Bengali: শাকচুন্নি ; also sometimes spelled Shankhachunni) is a female ghost in Bengali folklore, commonly described in the mythological traditions of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. The term refers to the spirit of a married Hindu woman who died while still married (i.e., before her husband).

thumb|Behula sails with her dead husband, scene from Manasamangal Kāvya|Manasa Mangal thumb|right|Ruins claimed to be Lakshmindara-Behula's bridal chamber, near Bogra in [[Bangladesh]] Behula ( beula, ) is a protagonist in the Manasamangal genre of Assamese, Angika and Bengali medieval epics. A number of works belonging to this genre were written between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. Though the religious purpose of these works is to eulogise the Hindu goddess Manasa, these works are more well known for depicting the love story of Behula and her husband Lakhindar (or Lakshindar or La

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