英和和英

語源

Borrowed from Koya.

名詞

chedipe (plural chedipes)

1. A witch-vampire in the folklore of the Koya people, most of whom live near the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh, India.
   • 1906, Edgar Thurston, “OMENS, EVIL EYE, ETC.”, in Ethnographic Notes in Southern India, Superintendent, Government Press, page 322:

     The Chedipe is believed to ride on a tiger at night over the boundaries of seven villages, and return home at early morn When she does not like a man she goes to

   • 2009 September 1, Jonathan Maberry, David F. Kramer, They Bite, Citadel Press, Chedipe:

     In Indian folklore there are a number of different types of vampire-prostitutes, including the vicious chedipe.

   • 2023, Rakesh Khanna, J. Furcifer Bhairav, “Chedipe”, in Ghosts, Monsters and Demons of India, Watkins Media Limited:

     The chedipe looks and acts like a normal woman during the day.