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* Despite [[Titan Comics]] replacing the [[Hindu]] goddess [[Kali]] with an invented character Okti in later editions, it was Kali that Thuggee | * Despite [[Titan Comics]] replacing the [[Hindu]] goddess [[Kali]] with an invented character Okti in later editions, it was Kali that Thuggee worshipped in the real world. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:15, 25 June 2024
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.
In 1825, Chandra Scindia was the Master of Thuggee. (COMIC: The Swords of Kali)
Behind the scene[[edit] | [edit source]]
- 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 worshipped in the real world.
