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A hantu demon is a legendary evil spirit or demon in Indonesian language. It can also refer to invisible and scary being. In Malaysian folklore, the hantu is considered as an angry ancestral spirit. Hantu also means "demon", "ghost" or "spirit". In other Austronesian cultures, cognates of hantu include the Filipino and Tao anito, Micronesian aniti, and Polynesian aitu and atua.
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List of hantus
There are many types of hantus found on the Malay peninsula, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
- Hantu Air: spirit of the water
- Hantu B'rok: baboon demon
- Hantu Belian: tiger spirit
- Hantu Langsuir: a demon that is formed from a woman that died in childbirth. It drinks the bodily fluids and entrails of newborns, pregnant women and nursing mothers.
- Hantu Musang: a civet cat spirit that is invoked in a game of possession
- Hantu Pusaka: grave demon
- Hantu Raya: great demon. This hantu is considered the strongest among evil spirits of the jungles of Malaysia.
- Hantu Rimba: deep-forest demon
- Hantu Tinggi: tall demon, a demon that possesses a tree
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See also
- Malay ghost myths
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References
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