The hills of Garhwal region tell the story of Jeetu Bagadwal, a young handsome man who used to play the flute. He travelled over hills ostensibly to invite his sister to the plough ceremony, but in actuality to meet his lover. On the way he attracted the attention of hill fairies known as Ancheri who were drawn to his music. These magical women wanted to abduct him. The lad begged the Ancheris to wait until he performed the plough rituals, so that there was food for his mother. He gave his word he would return. So after the ceremony and bidding farewell to his mother, his sister and his lover, he kept his word, and let the fairies take him to the fairy land. His tale is still told in Uttaranchal where he has become a folk god, linked with qualities such as integrity, virility and fertility. Young men are warned not to wander the hills alone, singing or making music, wearing bright colours. There are female predators on the hills for men, just as in modern times we speak of male predators for women who venture into the streets alone.  

The idea of enchanting magical women abducting men is a recurring idea around the world. For example, Odysseus, the great Greek hero, encounters the bird-like sirens. Their songs lure sailors, forcing them to change course and move towards the sirens and crash their ships on the rocks. Then we hear of the witch, Circe, who enchants sailors, offers them hospitality but, in the end, turns them into pigs. And finally, there is the nymph Calypso, who made Odysseus forget all about home and trapped him on an island for seven years.