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Illustration of Langsuyar — Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.

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Langsuyar

Wɔfrɛ no bio: langsuir

Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewƐtu mmirika1500 kɔsi 1899

The langsuyar is described as a female revenant of Malay belief, the returned form of a woman who died around childbirth. She preys on infants and pregnant women. Malay funeral practice for such deaths included loading the corpse with beads, eggs and needles to stop it rising. She is closely linked to the pontianak, which Skeat's informants defined as the dead child of the same tragedy.1 2

Wɔdii kan kyerɛw

1891

First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)

Mfiase

Malay

Malaysia, Indonesia

Deɛ ɛde ba

Ɛfoforɔ

A woman who dies in pregnancy or childbirth returns.

Sɛnea wobɛdane bi

A woman who died pregnant, in labour, or from the shock of a stillbirth.

Sɛnea ɛkeka ne ho

Ɛtu mmirika

Flies; she is associated with owls and other night birds that settle on the roof of the house she attacks.

Nyansa

Nyansafoɔ

Mmerɛwyɛ

glass beads in the corpse's mouth, hens' eggs under the armpits and needles in the palms, so that she cannot shriek or fly
cutting her nails and hair and stuffing them into the hole in her neck, which tames her
gandasuli leaves

Ɛberɛ bɛn na ɛdii kan puee?

Tete wiase Mfinimfini Mmerɛ 1500 kɔsi 1899 1900 kɔsi 1967 1968 kɔsi 1999 2000 kɔsi 2009 2010 kɔsi ɛnnɛ

1891

First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)

nhwehwɛmu nsɛm

Deɛ fibea no ka

1

Appears as a beautiful woman in green with ankle-length hair and very long nails1 2

2

Her hair hides a hole in the back of her neck1 2

3

Prefers the blood of newborn boys1 2

4

Once tamed she can live for years as a wife and mother, until she dances at a village feast and flies off1 2

5

The name is derived from a Malay word for eagle1 2

Wobɛtumi atu mmirika aboro no?

Ahoɔhare kuo a efi sɛnea fibea kyerɛkyerɛ mu (ɛtu mmirika), ɛnyɛ susudua.

Wo, nantew bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

Wo, mmirika brɛoo bɛyɛ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)

Ɔpanin a ne ho yɛ den a ɔtu mmirika denden bɛyɛ 24 km/h (15 mph)

Langsuyar bɛyɛ 24 km/h (15 mph)

Sakrekafoɔ a ɔyɛ ntɛm bɛyɛ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Fibea

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