chedipes

Noun

chedipe (plural chedipes)

1. A witch-vampire in the folklore of the Koya people, most of whom live near the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh, India.
   • The Chedipe is believed to ride on a tiger at night over the boundaries of seven villages, and return home at early morn When she does not like a man she goes to1906, Edgar Thurston, “OMENS, EVIL EYE, ETC.”, in Ethnographic Notes in Southern India, Superintendent, Government Press, page 322