free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Hantu Puteri 162 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- www.ebook777.com