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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

Yiphose edabini
Yabhalwa okokuqala
1891
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)
Imvelaphi
Malay
IMalaysia, IIndonesia
Oko 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

1

Appears as a beautiful woman in green with ankle-length hair and very long nails12

2

Her hair hides a hole in the back of her neck12

3

Prefers the blood of newborn boys12

4

Once tamed she can live for years as a wife and mother, until she dances at a village feast and flies off12

5

The name is derived from a Malay word for eagle12

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

  1. Langsuyar - Wikipedia
  2. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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