Dayan (witch)
Dayan, Daayan, Ḍāin or Ḍāini is a malevolent spirit or ghost in Indian folklore, often of a woman who died under traumatic or unresolved circumstances (death in childbirth, murder). The term is often translated into English as "witch", though this translation can be misleading, as a daayan is typically understood as a vengeful supernatural spirit, rather than a living human practitioner of harmful magic (maleficium), and is therefore not equivalent to the Western concept of witchcraft.