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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.
Reportedly haunted locations in Malaysia (2 P) Pages in category "Malaysian ghosts" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The penanggalan or penanggal is a nocturnal vampiric entity from Malay ghost myths. It takes the form of a floating disembodied woman's head, with its organs and entrails trailing from its neck. From afar, the penanggalan is said to twinkle like a ball of flame, similar to the will-o'-the-wisp phenomenon.
Hantu punjut: a ghost that takes children who wander into the forest late at night; Hantu tinggi: lit. "tall ghost", a type of giant that will flee at the sight of a naked body; Jembalang: a demon or evil spirit that usually brings disease; Lang suir: the mother of a pontianak. Able to take the form of an owl with long talons, and attacks ...
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]
The Kuntilanak has been portrayed in Indonesian and Malaysian horror films and on Indonesian and Malaysian television. Malaysian films: Pontianak (1957) Dendam Pontianak (1957) Sumpah Pontianak (1958) Anak Pontianak, also known as The Pontianak Child (1958) The Return of Pontianak (1963) Pontianak Musang Cave (1964) Pontianak [4] (1975)
The word hantu is most often translated as ghost in modern Malay, but is actually closer in meaning to "spirit". The word raya roughly means "great" or "high". The term hantu raya (therefore meaning "great ghost") is sometimes mistaken as meaning a supreme demon which rules over all ghosts, but its high status comes not from its position and instead refers to the spirit's power, being one of ...
Malaysian folklore is the folk culture of Malaysia and other ... Due to the animistic root of Malaysian folk lores, these ghosts are seen as sharing the plane of ...