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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.
Ghosts Bajang: a ghost with long nails that supposedly likes to disturb pregnant women or children; Pelesit: a ghost who supposedly likes to suck blood (usually represent themselves as grasshoppers) Penanggalan: a ghost that supposedly can fly while its stomach is strapped out. Pocong: a ghost in the form of corpses wrapped in shrouds
The most famous of these is the pontianak or matianak, the ghost of a female stillborn child which lures men in the form of a beautiful woman. Below are listed other popular supernatural beings and ghosts as well as their descriptions. Bajang: the spirit of a stillborn child in the form of a civet cat (musang).
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The name penanggalan derives from the word tanggal, meaning "to remove or take off", because its form is that of a floating disembodied woman's head, with its organs and entrails trailing from its neck. Though commonly referred to in its native languages as a ghost, the penanggalan cannot be readily classified as a classical undead being.
The Canterville Ghost of Oscar Wilde's popular 1887 short story of the same name Captain Daniel Gregg, a sea captain from the 1945 novel, The Ghost of Captain Gregg and Mrs. Muir , later adapted into a 1947 film and 1968–1970 television series
The ghost would knock on the doors of people's homes during the darkest hours of the night, and those who answer to the door would be afflicted by a mysterious illness before dying a few days later. The andong pocong story originated from the story of a young man, who loved the daughter of a rich debt collector.
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