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the knots must be undone or the corpse will animate and be known as a hantu pocong. It is described as looking like a human enshrouded in a
burial cloth and moves by hopping or rolling
along the ground. While running away from a
hantu pocong, if the victim looks back for any
reason, when they face forward again, the demon
will be right in front of them. This demon can
be destroyed if the knots tying its shroud closed
are undone.
Sources: Bush, Asian Horror Encyclopedia, 151; Dalton, Indonesia Handbook, 548; Torchia, Indonesian Idioms and Expressions, 163.

Hantu Puteri
Hantu puteri (“princess ghost”) is a singular
entity from Malaysian folklore. Looking like a
beautiful woman and using the art of seduction,
she lures men deep into the jungle where they are
forever lost. If, however, they should return, these
victims have become insane or have had their
memory erased. Occasionally she is in a playful
mood and will disappear before the man can
catch her. She lives in the jungle.

Sources: Knappert, Pacific Mythology, 90; McHugh,
Hantu Hantu, 124.

Hantu Putung
Variations: HANTU BUNGKUS (“wrapped-up

ghost”), Hantu Pochong, HANTU POCONG,
Pocong
In Malaysian folklore hantu putung is a nocturnal demon that is described as a glowing man
wrapped in a white burial shroud. It moves itself
by jumping down the middle of the road.
Sources: McHugh, Hantu Hantu, 90, 121.

Hantu Ranges
The hantu ranges (“FAMILIAR ghost”) of
Malaysian folklore looks like a green-colored
man of average height, carrying an axe. He has
the ability to fly.
Sources: Laderman, Wives and Midwives, 125.

Hantu Raya
Originating from the folklore of West
Malaysia, the hantu raya (“large ghost”) is a type
of AERIAL DEVIL that is bound to a Malaysian
black magic practitioner who uses it as a FAMILIAR. The practitioner forms a pact with a DJINN
who gives one, or he has inherited it from a previous generation. The act of passing down the
hantu raya is a legacy known as saka. If not passed
down to a new practitioner, it will take on the
guise of its last master and haunt the area seeking
food and a new master of its own choosing. If the
hantu raya is not passed down to a new practi-

tioner before its current one dies, the practitioner’s death will be particularly long and painful
and he will most likely return as a zombie.
This nocturnal demon can look like any person
or object. It will attack anyone its handler sends

it after but left to its own accord will assault anyone who travels at night and passes through a
crossroads. It has the ability to assume the form
of its practitioner, thereby giving him an alibi
when he needs one. It brings wealth to his practitioner, possesses others, and when it shapeshifts into a person it will be a flawless impersonation. A hantu raya is subject to following its
master’s orders.
Frequent and regular food offerings of acak, a
type of cake made of eggs, rice cakes, roasted
chicken, yellow glutinous rice, and a doll will prevent a hantu raya from attacking. The occasional
offering of animal blood is also required.

Sources: Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures, 230; Laderman, Wives and Midwives, 125; McHugh, Hantu
Hantu, 38, 53; Peletz, Reason and Passion, 251, 370;
Skeat, Malay Magic, 104.

Hantu Ribut
In the folklore of the West Malaysian people
the hantu ribut (“ghost of the violent storm”) is
a storm demon that creates violent storms and
whirlwinds.

Sources: Maberry, Vampire Universe, 149; McHugh,
Hantu Hantu, 122; Skeat, Malay Magic, 103.

Hantu Saburo
The hantu saburo (“black hunter ghost”) of
Malaysian folklore is accompanied by three dogs
all named Sokom and a bird called Bere-Bere.
The dogs are used to chase men through the forest, and when they are caught, the dogs will drink
their blood. This HANTU lives in lakes and rivers.
To prevent being attacked by this demon, whenever the bird Bere-Bere is sighted, knock together

pieces of wood or metal loud enough to frighten
away the dogs, which are always nearby.

Sources: Dennys, Descriptive Dictionary of British
Malaya, 151; Wright, Book of Vampires, 64.

Hantu Sawan
In the folklore of West Malaysia the hantu
sawan (“epilepsy ghost”) is the demon of convulsions; it causes children to suffer from epileptic
seizures.
Sources: McHugh, Hantu Hantu, 86, 121; Skeat,
Malay Magic, 102.

Hantu Si Buru
In the folklore of the people of West Malaysia
comes the hantu si buru (“ghost that hunts”). Ac-

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