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In some parts of Indonesia, there are pocong variants that are unique to the places from which they emerged. One of such creatures is known as the plastic pocong [ 3 ] that haunts Jakarta . The plastic pocong' s origin is traced to the purportedly true story of a pregnant woman who was murdered in cold blood by her boyfriend.
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 ...
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.
However, Hantu Pendek is thought of more as a supernatural entity or demon rather than an animal, with the name translating to "short ghost". [3] According to the Orang Rimba, the Hantu Pendek travel in groups of five or six, subsisting on wild yams and hunting animals with small axes. Accounts of the creature claim it ambushes unfortunate ...
In Malaysian, Bruneian and Indonesian folklore, Bunian people or Orang bunian (Indonesian pronunciation: [o.raŋ bu.ni.an]) are supernatural beings said to be invisible to most humans, except those with "spiritual sight".
Alongside the penanggalan, there is the Ahp (Khmer: អាប) in Cambodia; the Kasu (Lao: ກະສື, pronounced) in Laos; the Krasue (Thai: กระสือ, pronounced [krā.sɯ̌ː]) in Thailand and much of Southeast Asia; the Kuyang (pronounced), Leyak (Indonesian pronunciation:); the hantu polong of the Temuan; the Ma lai (Vietnamese ...
In the 2013 Singapore horror film Ghost Child, a family is troubled by a tuyul which arrives from Indonesia in an urn. In the 2016 Indonesian horror film Tuyul: Part 1, a new family moves into an old house of the wife's mother after she died. The husband finds a bottle hidden mysteriously underneath the broken wooden floor, which is home to a ...
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