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Kisah dongeng are a loose collection of bedtime stories, fables and myths that involves human or non-human characters, often with superhuman powers along with talking animals, and an unearthly setting. In this category, the story of Puteri Gunung Ledang, Bawang Putih Bawang Merah and Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup is well known by the Malays. All ...
Syair – Malay poem that usually consists of four lines with the same sound at the end of each stanza. [19] Gurindam – pantun that consists of two lines that contain advice or teaching. Seloka – Malay poem that contains teachings, satire, or humour. Nazam – Malay poem (similar to syair) consisting of twelve lines in each stanza.
The penanggalan or penanggal is a nocturnal vampiric entity from Malay ghost myths. It takes the form of a floating disembodied woman's head, with its organs and entrails trailing from its neck. From afar, the penanggalan is said to twinkle like a ball of flame, similar to the will-o'-the-wisp phenomenon.
The hikayat is a form of Malay literature that writes concerning the adventures of heroes and legends from the pre-modern time period within the Malay Archipelago (spanning modern Indonesia and Malaysia, especially in Sumatra), it may also chronicle royalties and events surrounding them. The stories they contain, though based on history, are ...
The Malay word toyol is tuyul in Indonesian, [2] [5] thuyul in Javanese, and kecit in Sundanese. [6] It is also known as cohen kroh [7] in Khmer, and kwee kia [8] in Hokkien. In Thai, the male is called kuman-thong while the female is named kuman-lay. [2] [9] [10] A similar creature exists in Philippine mythology which is known as tiyanak. [2]
Tua Pek Kong (Chinese: 大伯公; pinyin: Dàbó Gōng, Hakka: Thai phak koong, Hokkien: Tuā-peh-kong, Malay: Topekong. lit. "grand uncle") is one of the pantheon of Malaysian Chinese deities. He is believed to have arrived in Penang 40 years before Francis Light in 1746. Tua Pek Kong is claimed to have been a Hakka named Zhang Li (Chinese ...
Malaysian legends (12 P) M. Malay folklore (9 P) ... Ghosts in Malay culture; K. Kancil Story This page was ...
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.