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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 ...
Indonesia portal Mythology portal: ... The following is a list of Indonesian deities. Balinese. Acintya - Supreme God; Batara Kala - god of the underworld ...
Folklore of Indonesia is known in Indonesian as dongeng (lit. ' tale '), cerita rakyat (lit. ' people's story ') or folklor (lit. ' folklore '), refer to any folklore found in Indonesia. Its origins are probably an oral culture, with a range of stories of heroes associated with wayang and other forms of theatre, transmitted outside of a written ...
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.
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.
According to local myth, the creature is believed to be the manifestation of a person practising pesugihan babi black magic. Pesugihan is derived from the Javanese word sugih meaning "rich". It is a kind of magic to help people become rich instantly, but in exchange they must sacrifice something.
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]
Pocong (Indonesian pronunciation: [pɔ't͡ʃɔŋ] poh-chong; from Javanese: ꦥꦺꦴꦕꦺꦴꦁ, romanized: pocong, lit. 'wrapped-in-shroud') is a ghost that looks like a person wrapped in a funeral cloth. [1] In Islamic funeral, a shroud called a "kain kafan" (in Indonesian and Malay) is used to wrap the body of the dead person. The dead ...