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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 ...
Hantu (supernatural creature) Chonchon, a Mapuche creature that also detaches its head; Krasue; Langsuyar; Leyak; Polong; Rokurokubi and Nukekubi, Japanese yokai which take the form of a woman with either an extremely long neck or a head which can detach itself and move freely from the body; Vampires in popular culture
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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
Hantu galah: a ghost with legs and arms as long and slender as bamboo poles. Hantu kopek: a female ghost with large bosoms who lures men who cheat on their wives; Hantu kum-kum: the ghost of an old woman who sucks the blood of virgin girls to regain her youth. Hantu lilin: a wandering spirit that carries a torch or a lit candle at night
In Malay and Indonesian, the term for ghost, hantu, may be of related origin. In contrast to other religions and belief systems, multiple spirits can exist in one object/creature, as in the case of humans. They believed bad souls brought illness. With the adoption of Christianity these terms changed, with makuang being equated to devil. [2]
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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.