Hantu Songkei
Hantu Songkei (loosening demon) In Malayan mythology, a demon who sets about untying the knots made by hunters in snares for wildfowl. He is invisible…
Category: Malayan mythology
Che Puteh Jambai
Che Puteh Jambai In Malayan legend, a poor man who was told in a dream to murder his wife if he wished to get rich.…
Bisan
Bisan In Malayan mythology, the female spirit of camphor, who assumes the form of a cicada. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition…
Batu Herem
Batu Herem In Malayan mythology, the stone pillar that holds up the sky. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by…
Batara Guru
Batara Guru (Betara Guru) Name of the Hindu god Shiva used in the Malay Peninsula, Bali, Java, and Sumatra. Batara Guru is often identified with…
Dragon Goddess of Borneo
The Dragon Goddess of Borneo protects the living and guards the dead, guiding them to the next realm. She is the preeminent goddess of the…
Langsuir
Langsuir ALSO KNOWN AS: Langsuyar ORIGIN: Malay Langsuir are Malaysian vampires; the wrathful spirits of women who died giving birth. The trauma of delivering a…
Badi
Badi (mischiefs) are in Malayan mythology, Demons that inhabit animate and inanimate objects. Various accounts are given of their origin. One says they sprang from…
Bâjang
Bâjang (Bha-JANG) Witches and sorcerers in Malaysia can bring forth a vampiric Demon through a magical ceremony that involves the body of a stillborn child…