Question about Pakistani folklore/superstitions

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Re: Question about Pakistani folklore/superstitions

@Mezhgan

^^ These have all been interesting to read about

I have a question though and no one’s mentioned it, what exactly is a churail? From what my friend’s grandmother told her nephew, I gathered it was some type of witch but didn’t think to ask.

You might have heard about Inquisition by Christian church, where they burnt many old women in suspicion of witch. Same concept was some how crept in desi society that an old lady not having good features was considered as chuRail. Word ChuRail seems to derive from ChooRa (bad-shakl)