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Illustration of Toyol
Original AI-made illustration based on the descriptions in the sources. Not an official design.
Galmee Lak. 439, 446 keessaa

Toyol

Maqaa biraa: tuyul, thuyul, kecit, kwee kia, cohen kroh
Seenaa aadaa fi afoolaDu'aa ka'eNi fiigaFalfala

The toyol is an undead child kept as a familiar in Malay and Indonesian folklore. Raised and controlled by a shaman, it is sent out at night to rob the neighbours, which makes it less a monster than a tool of its owner's greed. Related child spirits are known from Thailand, Cambodia and Chinese communities in the region. Like the Haitian zombi, it is a dead person turned into an unpaid worker by magic.1

Lolsiisi
Ka'umsa
Malay and Indonesian
Maleeshiyaa, Indooneeshiyaa
Maaltu isa fida
Falfala
A shaman (bomoh, dukun or pawang) calls it up by black magic to serve an owner.
Akkamitti isa taata
An infant who has died is invoked as a servant spirit by a sorcerer.
Akkamitti sochoo'a
Ni fiiga
Small and quick; the Indonesian tuyul is said to scale walls and roofs.
Beekumsa
Beekumsa muraasa
yaadannoo dirree

Maddoonni maal jedhu

1

Described as an undead infant, usually a near-naked toddler, sometimes with red eyes and sharp teeth1

2

Kept mainly to steal money and valuables for its master1

3

Childlike in its tastes: it likes sweets, toys and clothes1

4

Popular belief says it takes only half of what it finds1

5

Sudden wealth is still sometimes blamed on owning one1

6

In 2006 a 'toyol in a bottle' found by a Malaysian fisherman was handed to a state museum1

Fiigdee isa jalaa ba'uu dandeessaa?

Sadarkaa saffisaa akkaataa maddoonni itti ibsan irraa (ni fiiga), safara miti.

Ati, deemaa gara 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ati, suuta fiigaa gara 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ga'eessa qaamaan jabaa kan ariitiin fiigu gara 24 km/h (15 mph)
Toyol gara 24 km/h (15 mph)
Saayikilii oofaa ariifataa gara 37 km/h (23 mph)

Maddoota

  1. Toyol - Wikipedia

Dhugaan fuula kana irra jiru hundi maddoota kana irraa dhufe, jechoota keenyaan barreeffame. Dogoggora argitee? [email protected] irratti nutti himi.

Tuuta nyaachisi. Beeksisa hin jiru, hordoftuun hin jiru, nama tokkoon kaffalama. Gumaachi toora irra akka turu godha.Gumaacha kenni

Seenaa aadaa biyyoota wal fakkaatan irraa

PocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayLangsuyarMalay, 1891Toraja walking deadTorajan (Sulawesi, Indonesia), 2009

Kan akkasii dabalataa

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