free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Hantu Jepun 160 man covered in black fur, standing between six and ten feet tall It lives in the southern rainforests of Malaysia, most often seen during the fruiting and monsoon seasons Sources: Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures, 409; Werner, Bomoh-Poyang, 549 Hantu Jepun The Hantu Jepun (“Japanese ghost”) are AERIAL DEVILS from Malaysian folklore They were created when Japanese soldiers died during their occupation of Southeast Asia during World War II They look like men wearing the imperial army uniform, carrying a rifle, samurai sword, or both; usually they are headless Sources: Sue, Blood on Borneo, 191, 198 Hantu Kertau Variations: Hantu Kepala Babi In Malaysian folklore hantu kertaus are demonic spirits that live in Perak, Malaysia They have the body of a deer and the head of a boar with large tusks Sources: Wilkinson, Abridged Malay-English Dictionary, 109; Winstedt, Malay Magician, 24 Hantu Kopek Variations: HANTU TETEK, Nightmare Hantu kopeks (“flaccid breast ghost”) are largebreasted nocturnal female spirits from Malaysian folklore They prey upon children who are trying to fall asleep and they wake up those who are sleeping They use their large breasts to suffocate children Hantu kopeks linger in playgrounds Sources: McHugh, Hantu Hantu, 101–2; Skeat, Malay Magic, 106 Hantu Kuali Looking like a frying pan, the hantu kuali of Malaysian folklore can cause trouble at any time, but it is more dangerous during the night Found in the kitchen of a home, it will not properly fry fish and will break the yoke of fried eggs It will burn anyone who mistakes it for a normal pan and bangs it on the stove Source: Burgess, Malayan Trilogy, 622 Hantu Kubor The hantu kubor (“grave spirit”) of Malaysian folklore is a nocturnal demon who preys upon both the living and the dead This demon is created when a person has died, was buried, and their soul has already risen into Heaven or descended into Hell but the evil of that person remained behind in their grave and manifested This HANTU looks like the person it was in life but is dressed in a white burial shroud It lives in cemeteries where bodies are interred Offerings of food and water and a fire kept alit on its grave will keep it from attacking Sources: McHugh, Hantu Hantu, 90, 122; Skeat, Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula, 98 Hantu Kum Kum Hantu Kum Kum of Malaysian folklore is a singular entity and looks like a woman carrying a tombstone as if it were a baby, asking for milk She preys upon menstruating virgins According to the story, there was once an ugly woman who wanted to be beautiful so she visited a sorcerer His magic worked and made her the most beautiful woman in the village; however, the spell required that she not look into a mirror for fortyfour days Unable to resist the temptation, she looked in a mirror and instantly broke the spell, making her more ugly than ever before The sorcerer said that in order to restore the spell, she needed to drink the blood of virgins for fortyfour days Fortunately, she cannot enter into a house without the owner’s permission Source: Munan, Culture Shock! Borneo, 78 Hantu Langsuir Variations: Hantu Pennanggalan A vampiric demon from Malaysia, the hantu langsuir looks like a beautiful woman or a floating woman’s head with a tail made of entrails and spinal column that hangs down from its severed neck It is most difficult to keep this vampire from entering into your home, as it can squeeze through even the smallest opening or crack A picky eater, the hantu langsuir has a very specific order to the victims it preys on Of all the sources of blood that a vampire can choose from, the hantu langsuir prefers the blood of a newborn male child If none is available, then the blood of a newborn female will suffice The entrails of either gender are consumed as well When the hantu langsuir manages to find a suitable victim, it bites a tiny hole in their neck from which it draws the blood On occasion, it will drink milk from any available source and will lick the blood off a sanitary napkin If it does so, the woman to whom the pad belonged will start to grow weak as her lifeenergy is being mystically drained away Should the hantu langsuir be caught in the act of feeding, the head will detach from its body and fly off to safety as it shape-shifts into an owl, emitting an ear-piercing screech as it flees Both parts of the vampire, the discarded body and the head, must be captured and burned to ash if the creature is ever to be destroyed There are some women who have the ability www.ebook777.com