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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 ...
Batak mythology; Malay folklore. Ghosts in Malay culture; Molucca Folklore; Traditional folk religions. ... The following is a list of Indonesian deities. Balinese
Indonesian ghosts (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Indonesian legendary creatures" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Singa (mythology ...
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.
Hantu is the Malay and Indonesian word for spirit or ghost. [1] In modern usage it generally means spirits of the dead but has also come to refer to any legendary invisible being, such as demons. [2] In its traditional context the term also referred to animistic nature spirits or ancestral souls. [3]
Pages in category "Indonesian ghosts" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. K. Kuntilanak; L ...
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 ...
The toyol is known by different names across Southeast Asia. [2] 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.