Odiyan : The untold legend
Odiyan was the word used to describe people who practiced odi vidya (a form of black magic) that allowed them to change form. The odiyans, known for their physical prowess, were the product of a vicious caste system, black magic and thirst for power. The powers As the folklore goes , the odiyans used to apply an oil obtained from killed human fetus on their ear . This was supposed to give them powers to assume forms that they desired. They never changed into the forms or object they intended to be, but created a sensory illusion on his prey. Odiyan would assume the shape of a bull or a cat or even rocks and lay on the route that the victim routinely uses at night .when the victim approaches he would transform instantly and kills the prey within seconds . The question that popped in my mind was , why go to such lengths to kill someone if he could be stabbed or shot like the assassins do these days. The reasons told by my grandmother were : 1.Most of the able bodied men