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Langsuyar
Detto anche: 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
Prima attestazione
1891
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)Origine
Malay
Malesia, IndonesiaCosa lo causa
Altro
A woman who dies in pregnancy or childbirth returns.Come lo si diventa
A woman who died pregnant, in labour, or from the shock of a stillbirth.
Come si muove
Corrono
Flies; she is associated with owls and other night birds that settle on the roof of the house she attacks.Intelligenza
Furbo
Punti deboli
- 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
Quando è comparso per la prima volta?
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)
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Tu, che cammini circa 5 km/h
Tu, che corri circa 10 km/h
Un adulto allenato in sprint circa 24 km/h
Langsuyar circa 24 km/h
Un ciclista veloce circa 37 km/h
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