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Orang Bunian - Folklore, Malay
Orang Bunian is an Elf in the culture of Malaysian Mythology. It is believed that they existed in large communities in the woods and have their own social structures and clans. It ...
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Jenglot - Folklore, Malay
Jenglot is described as a strange creature somewhat related to vampire in the culture of Malaysian and Indonesian mythology history. It is human shaped but like a doll with hairs very long ...
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Abath - Folklore, Malay
Abath was brought to Malay Peninsula by European travellers in the 16th-century. It is believed to be a female whose forehead has a horn growing out of it and somewhat looked similar ...
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Other Malay Ghosts - Folklore, Malay
Hantu Kertau
Looks like a creature with a boar body and deer like head. Said to roam in the state of Perak.
Kemang and Hantu Sambaran
Originates in the placenta ( I don’t ...
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Jersey Devil - Folklore, Malay
The 'official demon' of New Jersey since the 1930s, there has been over thirty variations of this legend that has developed over time. It's description ranges from a feathered animal with ...
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Kutti Saitan - Folklore, Malay
Kutti Saitan has a small body, almost 'toyol-like'. It has long black hair and an ugly, disfigured face.
It's favourite victims are childrens. It is believed that Kutti Saitan was once an ...
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Kuei - Folklore, Malay
Gui in indigenous Chinese religion, a troublesome spirit that roams the world causing misfortune, illness, and death.
Kuei are spirits of individuals who were not properly buried or whose families neglected the ...
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Penanggal - Folklore, Malay
One of the most famed and feard Malaysian ghosts around. In the State of Johor, it's called Penanggal. In Malay, penanggal means remover while penanggalan is the removing action. So want ...
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Penunggu - Folklore, Malay
The penunggu is also known by people of the west as the poltergeist. It is an evil spirit or more specifically a restless spirit that dwells an area or place. The ...
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Pelesit - Folklore, Malay
Pelesit is an evil spirit that usually carried off in the body of a grass hopper like insect. This spirit is usually sent off to another person as an evil mean ...
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Hantu Raya - Folklore, Malay
The hantu raya is a shape shifting ghost. Usually, this ghost doesn't use its natural ability. This is a ghost with a master (owner) and its purpose is to give its ...
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Hantu Lilin - Folklore, Malay
Hantu Lilin means the candle ghost. It carries a candle around to wherever it goes. Why? Nobody knows. Hantu Lilin first made quite a stir on the newspaper somewhere back in ...
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Hantu Tinggi - Folklore, Malay
Hantu tinggi or in English means the Tall Ghosts. Usually this type of ghost is not so tall when one encounters it. It only increase in height after somebody approaches it. ...
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Hantu Bungkus - Folklore, Malay
The hantu bungkus, also known by many as pocong. It is usually found in villages wandering around and jumping off as though in search of something. Its jumps can range from ...
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Hantu Tetek - Folklore, Malay
The Malays call it Hantu Tetek which means 'Breast Ghost' when translated to English. This ghost is a female ghost and has a huge breasts. She uses her breasts to attack ...
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Orang Minyak - Folklore, Malay
There are several version of the orang minyak (literally means 'oily man'). According to history, Satan offered to help and grant worldly desires if the "orang minyak" raped 21 girls within ...
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Toyol - Folklore, Malay
A very famous slave ghost. Toyol is the name given to this "being" that has been sadly abused by the power hungry, money crazed, egotistical humans and medicine-man in the South ...
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Mambang Kuning - Folklore, Malay
Mambang Kuning or known as the Yellow Spirits, dwell during sunset. At this time, they are at their peak and most mischevious. For a bomoh ( a witchman ) to summon ...
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Langsuyars - Folklore, Malay
The original Langsuyar was a beautiful young woman in green garb with long finger nails and ankle length black hair which concealed an opening in her neck through which she would ...
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Pontianak - Folklore, Malay
Perhaps the most famous, scariest and violent ghost in the Malaysian culture. Primarily, the Malays believe that it originates from a still born child, women who dies while giving birth, women ...
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