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In both Malaysia and Indonesia, ghosts and the supernatural have long been the popular subject of stories in television, documentaries, film, and magazines like Mastika and Tok Ngah. The 1958 black-and-white horror movie Sumpah Orang Minyak is one of many films based on the orang minyak concept. It tells of a hunchback who through supernatural ...
Hantu punjut: a ghost that takes children who wander into the forest late at night; Hantu tinggi: lit. "tall ghost", a type of giant that will flee at the sight of a naked body; Jembalang: a demon or evil spirit that usually brings disease; Lang suir: the mother of a pontianak. Able to take the form of an owl with long talons, and attacks ...
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Penanggalan: a ghost that supposedly can fly while its stomach is strapped out. Pocong: a ghost in the form of corpses wrapped in shrouds; Puntianak or Langsuir: a ghost who supposedly likes to suck blood and disturb women in childbirth, and usually are themselves like women; Toyol: a ghost who supposedly like to steal money; Humanoid beings
Reportedly haunted locations in Malaysia (2 P) Pages in category "Malay ghost myth" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
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.
In his book Malay Magic, Walter William Skeat, an English anthropologist, recorded the origins of the langsuyar myth, as told by Malays in Selangor: . The original Langsuir (whose embodiment is supposed to be a kind of night-owl) is described as being a woman of dazzling beauty, who died from the shock of hearing that her child was stillborn, and had taken the shape of the Pontianak.
Malaysian fairy tales (2 P) L. Malaysian legends (12 P) M. Malay folklore (9 P) Malaysian legendary creatures (1 C, 4 P) ... Ghosts in Malay culture; K. Kancil Story