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{{Infobox mythical creature
|name = Nale Ba <br> ''come tomorrow''
|name = Nale Ba
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|Mythology = South Asian folk mythology
|Grouping = South Asian folk mythology
|Country = [[India]]
|Country = [[India]]
|Region = [[Karnataka]]
|Region = [[Karnataka]]
|Details = English: "Come tomorrow"
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'''Nale Ba''' or '''Naale Baa''' (English: "come tomorrow") ([[Kannada]]: ನಾಳೆ ಬಾ) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/ghosts-are-important/articleshow/50111340.cms|title=Ghosts are important|date=10 December 2015|newspaper=Bangalore Mirror|accessdate=24 February 2019}}</ref> is a popular folk legend which features prominently in areas across [[Karnataka]], [[India]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oct 27 |first=Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: |last2=2019 |last3=Ist |first3=06:00 |title=A real horror show |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/others/leisure/a-real-horror-show/articleshow/71780447.cms |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref>. "Naale Baa" has been found written on walls of small towns and villages for years now. Villagers write this on walls to prevent the entry of a [[malevolent spirit]] into their homes, It is believed that malevolent spirit or witch roams at night & takes away children, In some variations people used to believe that a witch ( Some believed it's a male ghost, Some believed a witch ) roams around the houses, Calls person's name ( It knocks the door particularly which has not written ' Naale baa ') If he/she replies that person would die by vomiting blood, In some other variations of the myth, the spirit is believed to be a bridal ghost who roams around the town in search of her husband, She is known to take away the man of the house who is often the sole earning member of the family, therefore, bringing bad luck to the entire household.
'''Nale Ba''' or '''Naale Baa''' (English: "come tomorrow") ([[Kannada]]: ನಾಳೆ ಬಾ) is a popular folk legend which features prominently in areas across [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<ref name=hor>{{Cite web |date=October 27, 2019 |title=A real horror show |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/others/leisure/a-real-horror-show/articleshow/71780447.cms |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/ghosts-are-important/articleshow/50111340.cms|title=Ghosts are important|date=10 December 2015|newspaper=Bangalore Mirror|accessdate=24 February 2019}}</ref> "Naale Baa" has been found written on the doors and walls of the towns and villages for certain years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=Oct 27, 2019 |title=A real horror show |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/others/leisure/a-real-horror-show/articleshow/71780447.cms |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=Aug 3, 2018 |title='Stree' movie promo brings back memories of 'Nale Baa' in Bengaluru |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/modern-myth-to-bolly-flick/articleshow/65249590.cms |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref> People write this on walls to prevent the entry of a [[malevolent spirit]] into their homes. It is believed that malevolent spirits or witches roam at night and take away children. In some variations, people used to believe that a witch or a malevolent spirit roam around the houses and calls the names of the persons, If a person replies, he or she is said to die by vomiting blood. In some other variations of the myth, the spirit is believed to be a bridal ghost who roams around the town in search of her husband. She is known to take away the man of the house who is often the sole earning member of the family, therefore bringing bad luck to the entire household. There are also similar legends in states like Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.


Naale Baa was an urban legend that went viral during the 1990s in [[Karnataka]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oct 27 |first=Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: |last2=2019 |last3=Ist |first3=06:00 |title=A real horror show |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/others/leisure/a-real-horror-show/articleshow/71780447.cms |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref>. The myth is "A [[witch]] roams the streets in the night and knocks the door. The witch apparently speaks in voices of your kin so you would be deceived to open the door. If you open it then you will die." So the residents came up with a smart idea of writing "Naale Baa" outside the doors and the walls of their house. So when the ghost reads it and it goes back to come again the next day and the cycle repeats.
Naale Baa was an urban legend that went viral during the 1990s in [[Karnataka]].<ref name=hor/> The myth is "A [[witch]] roams the streets in the night and knocks the door. The witch apparently speaks in voices of your kin so you would be deceived to open the door. If you open it then you will die." So the residents came up with a smart idea of writing "Naale Baa" outside the doors and the walls of their house. So when the ghost reads it and it goes back to come again the next day and the cycle repeats.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Srivastava |first=Soumya |date=1 September 2018 |title=Nale Ba, the Bengaluru urban legend that inspired Stree |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/nale-ba-the-real-story-of-the-bengaluru-witch-that-inspired-stree/story-uHMGm24ZGENzIVJkxwtWBL.html |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=Hindustan Times |archive-date=27 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127155833/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/nale-ba-the-real-story-of-the-bengaluru-witch-that-inspired-stree/story-uHMGm24ZGENzIVJkxwtWBL.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Origin==
==Origin==
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There was a renewed interest in the legend after reports of similar instances occurred same in a village in [[Thailand]] wherein healthy young men began to disappear right under their beds.


==Similar beliefs in other Indian region==
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There was a renewed interest in her legend after reports of similar instances occurred same in a village in [[Thailand]] wherein healthy young men began to disappear right under their beds.
In Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand [[Nishi Dak]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/6220-nishi-extremely-dangerous-dark-spirit |title=Nishi, an extremely dangerous dark spirit |website=sundayguardianlive.com |date=2016-08-27 |access-date=2024-09-12}}</ref> also tells us very similar stories.


==Popular culture==
==Popular culture==
The 2018 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Stree (2018 film)|Stree]]'', starring [[Shraddha Kapoor]] and [[Rajkumar Rao]], is based on the Naale Baa tale from [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/did-stree-teaser-give-you-chills-real-nale-ba-story-behind-movie-will-give-you-nightmares-771255|title = Did Stree teaser give you chills? Real 'Nale ba' story behind the movie will give you nightmares|website = [[International Business Times]]|date = 7 June 2018}}</ref> Horror and Thriller writer [[Hari Kumar K.|K.Hari Kumar]] has penned a story inspired from Naale Baa incident in his 2019 book ''India's Most Haunted - Tales of Terrifying Places'' published by HarperCollins India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/others/leisure/a-real-horror-show/articleshow/71780447.cms|title=A real horror show|date=October 27, 2019|website=Bangalore Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref>
The 2018 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Stree (2018 film)|Stree]]'', starring [[Shraddha Kapoor]] and [[Rajkumar Rao]], is based on the Naale Baa tale from [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/did-stree-teaser-give-you-chills-real-nale-ba-story-behind-movie-will-give-you-nightmares-771255|title = Did Stree teaser give you chills? Real 'Nale ba' story behind the movie will give you nightmares|website = [[International Business Times]]|date = 7 June 2018}}</ref> Horror and Thriller writer [[Hari Kumar K.|K.Hari Kumar]] has penned a story inspired from Naale Baa incident in his 2019 book ''India's Most Haunted - Tales of Terrifying Places'' published by HarperCollins India.<ref name=hor/> This concept can also be found in the core thematic plot of the 1990 Kannada movie ''[[Nigooda Rahasya]]''.


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Asian ghosts]]
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[[Category:History of Karnataka (1947–present)]]
[[Category:1990s in Karnataka]]

Latest revision as of 04:59, 13 September 2024

Nale Ba
GroupingSouth Asian folk mythology
Other name(s)
  • ನಾಳೆ ಬಾ
  • Naale Baa
CountryIndia
RegionKarnataka
DetailsEnglish: "Come tomorrow"

Nale Ba or Naale Baa (English: "come tomorrow") (Kannada: ನಾಳೆ ಬಾ) is a popular folk legend which features prominently in areas across Karnataka, India.[1][2] "Naale Baa" has been found written on the doors and walls of the towns and villages for certain years.[3][4] People write this on walls to prevent the entry of a malevolent spirit into their homes. It is believed that malevolent spirits or witches roam at night and take away children. In some variations, people used to believe that a witch or a malevolent spirit roam around the houses and calls the names of the persons, If a person replies, he or she is said to die by vomiting blood. In some other variations of the myth, the spirit is believed to be a bridal ghost who roams around the town in search of her husband. She is known to take away the man of the house who is often the sole earning member of the family, therefore bringing bad luck to the entire household. There are also similar legends in states like Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Naale Baa was an urban legend that went viral during the 1990s in Karnataka.[1] The myth is "A witch roams the streets in the night and knocks the door. The witch apparently speaks in voices of your kin so you would be deceived to open the door. If you open it then you will die." So the residents came up with a smart idea of writing "Naale Baa" outside the doors and the walls of their house. So when the ghost reads it and it goes back to come again the next day and the cycle repeats.[5]

Origin

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There was a renewed interest in the legend after reports of similar instances occurred same in a village in Thailand wherein healthy young men began to disappear right under their beds.

Similar beliefs in other Indian region

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In Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand Nishi Dak,[6] also tells us very similar stories.

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The 2018 Bollywood film Stree, starring Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkumar Rao, is based on the Naale Baa tale from Karnataka.[7] Horror and Thriller writer K.Hari Kumar has penned a story inspired from Naale Baa incident in his 2019 book India's Most Haunted - Tales of Terrifying Places published by HarperCollins India.[1] This concept can also be found in the core thematic plot of the 1990 Kannada movie Nigooda Rahasya.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "A real horror show". Bangalore Mirror. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Ghosts are important". Bangalore Mirror. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  3. ^ "A real horror show". Bangalore Mirror. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. ^ "'Stree' movie promo brings back memories of 'Nale Baa' in Bengaluru". Bangalore Mirror. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. ^ Srivastava, Soumya (1 September 2018). "Nale Ba, the Bengaluru urban legend that inspired Stree". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Nishi, an extremely dangerous dark spirit". sundayguardianlive.com. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Did Stree teaser give you chills? Real 'Nale ba' story behind the movie will give you nightmares". International Business Times. 7 June 2018.
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