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Hantu Air: spirit inhabiting the water; Hantu Beruk: ape demon [6] Hantu Belian: tiger spirit [6] Hantu Musang: a civet cat spirit that is invoked in a game of possession [7] Hantu Pusaka: grave demon [8] Hantu Raya: great demon. [6] This hantu is considered the strongest among evil spirits of the jungles of Malaysia, and takes the appearance ...
The mythology of Indonesia is very diverse, the Indonesian people consisting of hundreds of ethnic groups, each with their own myths and legends that explain the origin of their people, the tales of their ancestors and the demons or deities in their belief systems. The tendency to syncretize by overlying older traditions with newer foreign ...
In some parts of Indonesia, there are pocong variants that are unique to the places from which they emerged. One of such creatures is known as the plastic pocong [ 3 ] that haunts Jakarta . The plastic pocong' s origin is traced to the purportedly true story of a pregnant woman who was murdered in cold blood by her boyfriend.
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.
The Kuntilanak (Indonesian name), also called Pontianak (Malay name), or Yakshi (in Hinduism/ Hindu mythology) is a mythological creature in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It is similar to Langsuir in other Southeast Asia regions. The Kuntilanak usually takes the form of a pregnant woman who died during childbirth.
Alongside the penanggalan, there is the Ahp (Khmer: អាប) in Cambodia; the Kasu (Lao: ກະສື, pronounced) in Laos; the Krasue (Thai: กระสือ, pronounced [krā.sɯ̌ː]) in Thailand and much of Southeast Asia; the Kuyang (pronounced), Leyak (Indonesian pronunciation:); the hantu polong of the Temuan; the Ma lai (Vietnamese ...
The Buru boobook (Ninox hantu), is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Moluccan boobook.
Hantu may refer to: Hantu, an Indonesian genus of spiders; Hantu (supernatural creature), a ghost or spirit in Indonesian and Malay Hantu Air, a spirit of the water; Hantu Penanggal, a female nocturnal ghost; Hantu Pocong, a spirit of the dead; Hantu Raya, a spirit that confers its owner great powers