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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Mythical creature from Kashmiri folklore}}<br />
In [[Kashmiri mythology]], '''Bramrachokh''' ({{IPA|ks|bramraːt͡ʃoːkʰ}}, also written as '''Bramarācōkh'''<ref name="uc">{{Cite web |last=Grierson |first=George Abraham |date=1932 |title=A dictionary of the Kashmiri language |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/grierson_query.py?qs=bramar%C4%81co%CC%84kh&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref> or '''Rachok'''<ref name="lhk"/>) is a demon<ref name="uc"/> or [[mythical creature]] who inhabits desolate areas and fools travellers by pretending to be a light,<ref name="uc"/> in the manner of a [[will-o'-the-wisp]].<ref name="pandita"/><br />
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Bramrachokh has a pot full of fire balanced on his head, and on his forehead a strong, shining eye. It is said that if a traveller encounters Bramrachokh's light in a remote location, it will lead them to a ditch or a cave,<ref name="lhk"/> or to their death.<ref name="pandita">{{cite book |last1=Pandita |first1=Rahul |title=Our Moon Has Blood Clots: A Memoir of a Lost Home in Kashmir |date=29 October 2017 |publisher=Random House India |isbn=978-81-8400-390-1 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Our_Moon_Has_Blood_Clots/kuY1glf2n0YC |language=en}}</ref> Village children who see lights burning and extinguishing in the distance sometimes attribute this to Bramrachokh.<ref name="lhk">{{Cite book |last=Kalla |first=Krishan Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzozRa9wJ9kC&dq=Rahchok&pg=PA238 |title=The Literary Heritage of Kashmir |date=1985 |publisher=Mittal Publications |pages=238 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* {{annotated link|Chillai Kalan}}<br />
* {{annotated link|Rantas}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Kashmiri culture]]<br />
[[Category:South Asian legendary creatures]]<br />
[[Category:Kashmiri folklore]]<br />
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