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v. t. e. Hantu is the Malay and Indonesian word for spirit or ghost. [1] In modern usage it generally means spirits of the dead but has also come to refer to any legendary invisible being, such as demons. [2] In its traditional context the term also referred to animistic nature spirits or ancestral souls. [3]
Hantu Air. Hantu Air, Puaka Air or Mambang Air is the Malay translation for Spirit of the Water or Water Ghost, which according to animist traditions in Maritime Southeast Asia, is the unseen inhabitant of watery places such as rivers, lakes, seas, swamps and even ditches. [1] Communication between humans and Hantu Air occur in situations based ...
Hantu Raya. The Hantu Raya is a type of familiar spirit in Malay folklore that acts as a double for black magic practitioners. [1] Roughly meaning "great ghost", it is supposed to bestow great power onto its master. [2] Its true form according to folktale is humanoid form with black hairy body except the facial area, rough grey skin, long sharp ...
Aqua green. Region. Indonesia. Nyi Roro Kidul (or Nyai Rara Kidul) is a supernatural being in Indonesian folklore. She is the Queen of the Southern Sea in Sundanese and Javanese mythology. In Javanese mythology, Kanjeng Ratu Kidul is a creation of Dewa Kaping Telu who fills the realm of life as the goddess of harvest and other goddesses of nature.
There are many Malay ghost myths (Malay: cerita hantu Melayu; Jawi: چريتا هنتو ملايو), remnants of old animist beliefs that have been shaped by Hindu-Buddhist cosmology and later Muslim influences, in the modern states of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore and among the Malay diaspora in neighbouring Southeast Asian countries.
Badang was a Malay boy from Batu Pahat, in the northern part of the Sultanate of Johor (corresponds to the modern day state of Johor, Malaysia). He was the only son of two poor farmers who worked hard until the day they died. As a young man, Badang worked as a coolie for the rich farmer Orang Kaya Nira Sura in a place called Salung or Saluang ...
Contents. Toyol. A toyol or tuyul is an undead infant in Indonesian and Malay folklore. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It also appears in the various other mythologies of Southeast Asia and is typically invoked as a helper by shamans (dukun, pawang, or bomoh) by means of black magic. [ 2 ][ 3 ] A common use for the toyol includes using it for financial gain, where ...
A langsuyar is a type of vampire [2] which is the ghost of a woman who died while pregnant or giving birth. Langsuyars are different from the pontianak, which is the ghost of the child who has died at or before birth. [3] They take the form of a beautiful woman, with long black hair that reaches her ankles, although they may also take the form ...