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Langsuyar
Tamén chamado: langsuir
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.12
Primeiro rexistro
1891
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)Orixe
Malay
Malaisia, IndonesiaQue o causa
Outro
A woman who dies in pregnancy or childbirth returns.Como te convertes nun
A woman who died pregnant, in labour, or from the shock of a stillbirth.
Como se move
Corre
Flies; she is associated with owls and other night birds that settle on the roof of the house she attacks.Intelixencia
Listo
Puntos débiles
- 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
Cando apareceu por primeira vez?
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)
notas de campo
O que din as fontes
Poderías correr máis ca el?
Clase de velocidade segundo como o describen as fontes (corre), non unha medición.
Ti, camiñando uns 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ti, trotando uns 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Un adulto en forma a toda velocidade uns 24 km/h (15 mph)
Langsuyar uns 24 km/h (15 mph)
Un ciclista rápido uns 37 km/h (23 mph)
Fontes
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