Bogy man in Hinduism?

[Guest guest]

The Channel 4 TV people phoned me up today and asked

if I knew of Hindu kindergarten stories which invoke 'horror

and fear'. Equal to the Bogy man stories in the West.

They are doing a documentary and need some information.

I am supposed to phone them up tomorrow morning and

give them some background information.

 

I do not recall any such special stories in the

Hindu tradition. Maybe the list members can help.

I know only of poor Ravindranath Tagore as a child

being told not to step outside a circle drawn around him,

else like Sita he will get abducted by Ravan.

 

I suppose, Ravan may then have forced him to compose

some national songs for Sri Lanka : )

 

jay

[Guest guest]

Namaste Jay,

 

The stories of Prahlada, Dhruva, even Nachiketa, were

sufficiently horrifying for my generation!

 

These links may (or may not!) be helpful:

 

http://www.hindubooks.org/sister_gargi/story5/page1.html

 

http://www.hindukids.org/grandpa/index.html

 

http://209.196.185.114/content.asp

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ramakrishna, " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda@b...>

wrote:

>

> The Channel 4 TV people phoned me up today and asked

> if I knew of Hindu kindergarten stories which invoke 'horror

> and fear'. Equal to the Bogy man stories in the West.

> They are doing a documentary and need some information.

> I am supposed to phone them up tomorrow morning and

> give them some background information.

>

> I do not recall any such special stories in the

> Hindu tradition. Maybe the list members can help.

> I know only of poor Ravindranath Tagore as a child

> being told not to step outside a circle drawn around him,

> else like Sita he will get abducted by Ravan.

>

> I suppose, Ravan may then have forced him to compose

> some national songs for Sri Lanka : )

>

> jay