A shadow person (also known as a shadow figure or black mass) is the perception of a patch of shadow as a living, humanoid figure, and interpreted as the presence of a spirit or other entity by believers in the paranormal or supernatural. A number of religions, legends, and belief systems describe supernatural entities such as shades of the underworld, and various shadowy creatures have long been a staple of folklore and ghost stories, such as the Islamic Jinn and the Choctaw Nalusa Chito. Chhaya or Chaya is the Hindu personification and goddess of shadow, and a consort of Surya, the Hindu sun god. She is the shadow-image or reflection of Saranyu (Sanjna), the first wife of Surya. Chhaya was born from the shadow of Sanjna and replaced Sanjna in her house, after the latter temporarily left her husband. Chhaya Devi the goddess of shadows is usually described as the mother of Shani, the planet Saturn, and the god of karma and justice: a feared graha; goddess Tapti, the personification of river Tapti; goddess Vishti, the personification of Kala; and a son Savarni Manu, who is destined to be the next and eighth Manu (progenitor of mankind) – the ruler of the next Manvantara period.
Appearance List Borderland (Jan 1897) — Shadow people mentioned repeatedly in the sections titled “Psychic Pictures without the Camera”, “Psychic Pictures with the Camera”, and “Some Psychical Autobiographies” [International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals (IAPSOP)]; Shadow Land, or, Light from the Other Side (1897) by Elizabeth d’Esperance [Internet Archive]; Shadow People (1913) by Lila Frost Sprague (poetry); “The Shadow People” in The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge (1919); “Land of the Shadow People” serialized in All-Story Weekly/Argosy All-Story Weekly (June 26, 1920 through July 24, 1920) by Charles B. Stilson; “The Shadow People” in New Worlds Science Fiction No. 73 (July 1958) by Arthur Sellings; The Shadow People (Dell, 1969) by Margaret St. Clair. Radio (fiction): “The Shadow People” on The Hall of Fantasy (Mutual network, Sept. 1953). Podcast: Astonishing Legends: Episode 26 Shadow People
Sample Read Astonishing Legends: Episode 026 Shadow People [YT]
Description A shadow person (also known as a shadow figure or black mass) is the perception of a patch of shadow as a living, humanoid figure, and interpreted as the presence of a spirit or other entity by believers in the paranormal or supernatural. A number of religions, legends, and belief systems describe supernatural entities such as shades of the underworld, and various shadowy creatures have long been a staple of folklore and ghost stories, such as the Islamic Jinn and the Choctaw Nalusa Chito. Chhaya or Chaya is the Hindu personification and goddess of shadow, and a consort of Surya, the Hindu sun god. She is the shadow-image or reflection of Saranyu (Sanjna), the first wife of Surya. Chhaya was born from the shadow of Sanjna and replaced Sanjna in her house, after the latter temporarily left her husband. Chhaya Devi the goddess of shadows is usually described as the mother of Shani, the planet Saturn, and the god of karma and justice: a feared graha; goddess Tapti, the personification of river Tapti; goddess Vishti, the personification of Kala; and a son Savarni Manu, who is destined to be the next and eighth Manu (progenitor of mankind) – the ruler of the next Manvantara period.
