[2] When lord Shiva and Parvati disguised themselves as Valluvan and Valluvathi, they had two children named Karuval and Kuttichathan.

[3] 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.

Kuttichathan, who was not ready to obey the Guru, began to adopt practices contrary to Brahmanical customs.

[3] 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).

The angry Kuttichathan slaughtered the bull and drank the blood to quench his thirst, and left the place and reached Lokanarkavu via Vadakara Kuttoth.

[4] Wearing a long rectangular waist, Kuttichathan Theyyam's headgear consists two pieces of wood on either side of the cheeks.