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{{first pic|Thuggee.jpg|An acolyte of Thuggee is strangling his [[Wife (The Swords of Kali)|victim]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Swords of Kali (comic story)|The Swords of Kali]]'')}} | {{first pic|Thuggee.jpg|An acolyte of Thuggee is strangling his [[Wife (The Swords of Kali)|victim]] with a [[garrotte]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Swords of Kali (comic story)|The Swords of Kali]]'')}} | ||
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Acolytes of '''Thuggee''' were a cult of robbers and murderers in [[19th century|19th-century]] [[India]] who were offering their victims to [[Kali]], the goddess of death and destruction. They had a habit of first tricking and then strangling their victims. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Swords of Kali (comic story)|The Swords of Kali]]'') | Acolytes of '''Thuggee''' were a cult of robbers and murderers in [[19th century|19th-century]] [[India]] who were offering their victims to [[Kali]], the [[Hindu]] goddess of death and destruction. They had a habit of first tricking and then strangling their victims with a [[garrotte]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Swords of Kali (comic story)|The Swords of Kali]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 20:22, 22 September 2017
Acolytes of Thuggee were a cult of robbers and murderers in 19th-century India who were offering their victims to Kali, the Hindu goddess of death and destruction. They had a habit of first tricking and then strangling their victims with a garrotte. (COMIC: The Swords of Kali)
Behind the scene
- The word "thug" goes back to Thuggee of India.
- Despite Titan Comics replacing the Hindu goddess Kali with an invented character Okti in later editions, it was Kali that Thuggee worshiped in the real world.
