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A '''pontianak''' or '''kuntilanak''' (as known in Indonesia, sometimes shortened to just '''kunti''') is a type of [[vampire]] in Malay folklore. 


:''Langsuir redirects here. [[Pontianak, Indonesia|Pontianak]] is also a city in [[West Kalimantan]], [[Indonesia]].''


A '''pontianak''' or '''kuntilanak''' (as known in [[Indonesia]], sometimes shortened to just '''kunti''') is a type of [[vampire]] in [[Malay people|Malay]] folklore.  The pontianak is usually a woman who died during [[childbirth]] and becomes [[undead]], seeking revenge and terrorizing villages.  She often appears as a beautiful woman, usually accompanied by the strong scent of [[frangipani]]. Men who are not wary will be killed when she [[shapeshifting|morphs]] into a hideous vampire, she will also eat babies and harm pregnant women.  
==Main Belief==
The pontianak is usually a woman who died during childbirth then returns as a revenant, seeking revenge and terrorizing villages.  


People believe that having a sharp object like a nail helps them fend off potential attacks by pontianaks, the nail being used to plunge a hole in the back of the pontianak's neck.
People believe that having a sharp object (such as a nail) will help them to ward off potential attacks by pontianaks. It is believed that when a nail is plunged into the back of a pontianak's neck, she will turn into a beautiful woman, until the nail is pulled off again.  
It is believed that when a nail is plunged into the back of a pontianak's neck, she will turn into a beautiful woman, until the nail is pulled off again. The Indonesian twist on this is plunging the nail into the apex of the head of the kuntilanak.


==Langsuir==
The pontianak is a '''viscera sucker'''; she prefers to kill pregnant women, by stabbing the woman with her talons.  
'''Langsuir''' is a version of [[pontianak]], popular in [[Malaysia]] as one of deadliest banshee in Malay [[folklore]]. Different from a pontianak, which always appeared as a beautiful woman to devour the victim, langsuir would possess the victim and suck blood from the inside, slowly causing a fatal end. It is believed that langsuir are from women who had laboring sickness (meroyan) as a result of suffering the death of their children and who themselves died afterwards.


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== Movies about Pontianak ==
===Appearance===
* [[Pontianak Gua Musang]]
She often appears as a beautiful woman, usually accompanied by the strong scent of frangipani.
* [[Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam]] - [[Maya Karin]] as pontianak (2004)
Men who are not wary will be killed when she [[shapeshifter|morphs]] into a hideous vampire, she will also eat babies and harm pregnant women.
* [[Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam 2]] - [[Maya Karin]] as Pontianak (2005)
 
 
===Langsuir===
'''Langsuir''' is a version of '''pontianak''', popular in Malaysia as one of deadliest banshee in Malay [[folklore]].
 
'''Langsuir''' differ from a pontianak because sucks the blood off their victims from the inside, slowly causing a fatal end.
It is believed that langsuir are from women who had laboring sickness (meroyan) as a result of suffering the death of their children and who themselves died afterwards.
 


==See also==
==See also==
 
*[[Banshee]]
*[[Ghost movies]]
*[[Lamia (monster)]]  
*[[Bajang]]  
*[[Langsuyar]]
*[[Manananggal]]
*[[Manananggal]]
*[[Vampire]]


==External links==


* [http://www.spi.com.sg/spi/spi_files/pontianak/ Article by Singapore Paranormal Investigators about pontianaks]
==References==
*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816046859/ref=sr_11_1/103-7608354-6061403?ie=UTF8 Guiley, Rosemary Ellen ''The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters'']


* [http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/elltrw/History/Pontianaks%20&%20Verisimilitude.doc Pontianaks And The Issue Of Verisimilitude In Singaporean Cinema] -- an essay by Dr Timothy White of the National University of Singapore, about the important role played by 1950s and 1960s horror films in the evolution of pontianak mythology (Microsoft Word document).


[[Category:Corporeal undead]]
==Links==
[[Category:Vampires]]
*[http://www.spi.com.sg/spi/spi_files/pontianak/ Singapore Paranormal Investigators]
*[http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/elltrw/History/Pontianaks%20&%20Verisimilitude.doc Pontianaks And The Issue Of Verisimilitude In Singaporean Cinema]


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Revision as of 14:13, 13 July 2006

A pontianak or kuntilanak (as known in Indonesia, sometimes shortened to just kunti) is a type of vampire in Malay folklore.


Main Belief

The pontianak is usually a woman who died during childbirth then returns as a revenant, seeking revenge and terrorizing villages.

People believe that having a sharp object (such as a nail) will help them to ward off potential attacks by pontianaks. It is believed that when a nail is plunged into the back of a pontianak's neck, she will turn into a beautiful woman, until the nail is pulled off again.

The pontianak is a viscera sucker; she prefers to kill pregnant women, by stabbing the woman with her talons.


Appearance

She often appears as a beautiful woman, usually accompanied by the strong scent of frangipani. Men who are not wary will be killed when she morphs into a hideous vampire, she will also eat babies and harm pregnant women.


Langsuir

Langsuir is a version of pontianak, popular in Malaysia as one of deadliest banshee in Malay folklore.

Langsuir differ from a pontianak because sucks the blood off their victims from the inside, slowly causing a fatal end. It is believed that langsuir are from women who had laboring sickness (meroyan) as a result of suffering the death of their children and who themselves died afterwards.


See also


References


Links

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