'''Orang Bunian''' are fairies similar to elves in Malay folklore.
...been known to befriend and assist humans, in particular pawangs or bomohs (malay shamans). Orang bunian are known to abduct human children, and are often bl
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...) owing to the ancient Hindu-Buddhist influence in the region. The word is Malay, but there are bomoh of all religions and races.
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'''Hantu Air, Puaka Air''' or '''Mambang Air''' is the Malay translation for ''Spirit of the Water'', which is the unseen inhabitant of
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'''Pelesit''' is a dark spirit revered by shamans in Malay culture.
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'''Hantu Raya''' in early Malay animism, refers to a supreme ghost or demon which is suppose to confer the
...hose who make alliance with it, are considered powerful. In modern Islamic Malay culture, the belief in Hantu Raya is no longer valid, but rather it is iden
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In Malay folklore, the '''Orang Minyak''' is a supernatural serial rapist that is ha
Orang Minyak literally means ''oily man'' in Malay.
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In Philippine and Malay mythology, a '''Hantu Demon''' is a well-known evil spirit or demon.
''Hantu'' is the Malay word for ''ghost'' and ''Pulau Hantu'' means ''ghost island.''
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'''Polong''' is a spirit created by magic in Malay mythology.
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...'Tuyul''' is a small child spirit invoked by a bomoh (shaman) in the Malay mythology of South-East Asia (notably Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore).
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...ra-Sue) is the floating head of a vampiric female ghost in Southeast Asian mythology.
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...own in Indonesia, sometimes shortened to just '''kunti''') is according to Malay folklore, a woman who died during delivery or childbirth and became a [[vam
...alay pän-té- -näk.. The origination of the word "Pontianak" is unknown. In Malay "anak" means child but the word "ponti" is unknown.
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The '''Bajang''' is a lesser spirit from Malaysian mythology which generally takes the form of a fox or polecat (musang)
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...antu Penanggal''' is a a vampire in the folklore of the inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, or Balan-balan in Sabah.
...of the pregnant women would plant pineapples under the house (traditional Malay houses are built on stilts and thus have a lot of room underneath).
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'''Babi Ngepet''' is a were-boar in Javanese mythology.
[[Category: Malay mythology]]
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The '''Langsuir''' or '''Langsuyar''' is a Malay vampire that originates from women who had laboring sickness (meroyan) as a
[[Category:Malaysian mythology]]
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...an - A peculiar variation of the vampire myth that apparently began in the Malay Peninsula.
[[Category: Malaysian mythology]]
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...ains, a densely forested and steep-sloped ridge at the southern end of the Malay peninsular.
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