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| name = Kuttichathan Theyyam<br />
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| region = [[North Kerala]], India<br />
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'''Kuttichathan Theyyam''' also known as '''Sasthappan Theyyam'''<ref name="wand">{{Cite web|last=Raj|first=Tanya|date=2019-10-26|title=Sasthappan (Kuttichathan) Theyyam|url=https://wanderingruminations.com/2019/10/26/sasthappan-kuttichathan-theyyam/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Wandering Ruminations|language=en-US}}</ref> is a [[theyyam]] that is performed in northern parts of Kerala state in India. As the deity in Kuttichathan theyyam is associated with the Brahmin family from Kalakattu illam in [[Payyanur]] in [[Kannur district]], this theyyam is also known as '''Kalakattu Kuttichathan'''.<ref name="Samayam"/><br />
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==Myth==<br />
===Son of Shiva and Parvathi===<br />
When lord [[Shiva]] and [[Parvati]] disguised themselves as Valluvan and Valluvathi, they had two children named Karuval and Kuttichathan.<ref name="Janmabhumi">{{cite news |title=കുട്ടിച്ചാത്തന് തെയ്യം |url=https://www.janmabhumi.in/news/samskriti/news856972 |work=Janmabhumi |language=en |access-date=2022-02-16 |archive-date=2022-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216080516/https://www.janmabhumi.in/news/samskriti/news856972 |url-status=live }}</ref> They gave Kuttichathan, who was born with a black body and a flower on the forehead and three eyes, to a childless Namboodiri from Kalakatt illam.<ref name="Janmabhumi"/> Kuttichathan, who was not ready to obey the [[Guru]], began to adopt practices contrary to Brahmanical customs.<ref name="Janmabhumi"/> Due to his extraordinary intelligence, the Guru could not answer many of the child's questions.<ref name="Janmabhumi"/> Guru rebuked and beat Kuttichathan who did not obey him. As a revenge Chathan killed Guru and left the place.<ref name="Janmabhumi"/><br />
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Knowing this, Namboothiri told his wife Atholamma not to feed the starving child.<ref name="Janmabhumi"/> When he was hungry and asked for milk, she rejected and in anger the boy killed a bull and drank his blood.<ref name="Janmabhumi"/> In this, angry Namboothiri hacked Kuttichathan to death. But he reborn.<ref name="Janmabhumi"/> Namboothiri brought in a large number of Brahmins and killed Kuttichathan and cut his body into 390 pieces and burned in 21 ''Homakundams'' (a type of holy kiln).<ref name="Janmabhumi"/> There were many Kuttichathans born from that klins and they set fire to Nampoothiri's house and the nearby Brahmin houses.<ref name="Janmabhumi"/> They decided to worship the persecuted Kuttichathan as Theyyam. This is the myth behind Kuttichathan theyyam.<ref name="Janmabhumi"/><br />
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===Son of Namboothiri===<br />
Another story says Kuttichathan is the child born to Namboothiri and a backward [[Pulayar|Pulaya]] woman who used to sweep the house.<ref name="Samayam">{{cite news |title=ബുദ്ധമതവും കുട്ടിച്ചാത്തൻ തെയ്യവും തമ്മിലുള്ള ബന്ധം! വീഡിയോ കാണാം |url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/local-news/kasaragod/report-on-legend-of-kuttichathan-theyyam/articleshow/89269175.cms |work=Samayam |agency=[[The Times of India]] |language=ml |access-date=2022-02-16 |archive-date=2022-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201081059/https://malayalam.samayam.com/local-news/kasaragod/report-on-legend-of-kuttichathan-theyyam/articleshow/89269175.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Fearing embarrassment, the pregnant woman locked herself in a stone room and after birth the boy was secretly raised in the room.<ref name="Samayam"/> There are also stories that when he was growing up, he stole rice and paddy from the house and given to the poor lower caste people.<ref name="Samayam"/><br />
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Another story says Kuttichathan is the child born to Namboothiri and a backward Pana woman.<ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{cite news |last1=പ്രദീപ് |first1=എഴുത്ത്: ആമി അശ്വതി / ചിത്രങ്ങള്: എന് എം |title=പ്രതിഷ്ഠയ്ക്ക് മാത്രമല്ല പ്രത്യേകത... കല്ലേരിയിലെ കുട്ടിച്ചാത്തന് ക്ഷേത്രത്തിലെ കൗതുക കാഴ്ചകള് |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/travel/kerala/kozhikode/kalleri-kuttichathan-temple-travel-1.4138755 |work=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2022-02-16 |archive-date=2021-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128190903/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/travel/kerala/kozhikode/kalleri-kuttichathan-temple-travel-1.4138755 |url-status=live }}</ref> Only because he was born the son of an illegitimate woman, the son did not inherit the father's dominion.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> The child who grew up neglected became very naughty.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> Once, when he was thirsty for water, people insulted him by not giving water. The angry Kuttichathan slaughtered the bull and drank the blood to quench his thirst, and left the place and reached [[Lokanarkavu Temple|Lokanarkavu]] via [[Vadakara]] Kuttoth.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> <br />
[[File:Kuttichathan theyyam Wayanad2.jpg|thumb|Kuttichathan theyyam performed in a temple in [[Wayanad district]]]]<br />
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==Appearance==<br />
Wearing a long rectangular waist, Kuttichathan Theyyam's headgear consists two pieces of wood on either side of the cheeks.<ref name="wand"/> Theyyam performer cover their eyes with a metallic cap with a central small hole to look at.<ref name="wand"/> The costume also contains a peacock-like extensions on their backs.<ref name="wand"/> Overall color is red.<br />
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==Relation between Kuttichathan and Buddhism==<br />
Chathan is a [[Malayalam]] translation of the [[Pali]] / [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] word for Buddha.<ref name="Samayam"/> The word 'Kuttichathan' literally means 'Child Chathan'. It is believed that the [[Hindu]]s who conquered the early Buddhist temples may have incorporated many of the [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] customs that existed there.<ref name="Samayam"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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*{{Cite journal|last=V.|first=Navya|date=August 2020|title=The Legends of Resistance: Kuttichathan Theyyam|url=http://navajyotijournal.org/August_2020/The%20Legends%20of%20Resistance%20Kuttichathan%20Theyyam_Aug_2020_13.pdf|journal=Navajyoti, International Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Research|volume=5|issue=1}}<br />
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