
Ifayile No. 059 kwa-446
Langsuyar
Ikwabizwa ngokuba: 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
Yabhalwa okokuqala
1891
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)Imvelaphi
Malay
IMalaysia, IIndonesiaOko kuyibangelayo
Okunye
A woman who dies in pregnancy or childbirth returns.Indlela umntu aba yiyo ngayo
A woman who died pregnant, in labour, or from the shock of a stillbirth.
Indlela ehamba ngayo
Iyabaleka
Flies; she is associated with owls and other night birds that settle on the roof of the house she attacks.Ubukrelekrele
Ikrelekrele
Iindawo ezibuthathaka
- 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
Yavela nini okokuqala?
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)
amanqaku ophando
Oko kuthethwa yimithombo
Ungayigqitha ngokubaleka?
Udidi lwesantya ngokwendlela imithombo eyichaza ngayo (iyabaleka), asingomlinganiselo.
Wena, uhamba malunga ne-5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wena, ujoga malunga ne-10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Umntu omdala osempilweni ebaleka ngamandla malunga ne-24 km/h (15 mph)
Langsuyar malunga ne-24 km/h (15 mph)
Umkhweli webhayisikile okhawulezayo malunga ne-37 km/h (23 mph)
Imithombo
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