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Toyol

A tún ń pè é ní: tuyul, thuyul, kecit, kwee kia, cohen kroh
Ìtàn àtẹnudẹ́nu àti àròsọÒkúÓ ń sáréOṣó

The toyol is an undead child kept as a familiar in Malay and Indonesian folklore. Raised and controlled by a shaman, it is sent out at night to rob the neighbours, which makes it less a monster than a tool of its owner's greed. Related child spirits are known from Thailand, Cambodia and Chinese communities in the region. Like the Haitian zombi, it is a dead person turned into an unpaid worker by magic.1

Bá a jà
Orírun
Malay and Indonesian
Malaysia, Indonesia
Ohun tó fà á
Oṣó
A shaman (bomoh, dukun or pawang) calls it up by black magic to serve an owner.
Bí o ṣe di ọ̀kan
An infant who has died is invoked as a servant spirit by a sorcerer.
Bí ó ṣe ń rìn
Ó ń sáré
Small and quick; the Indonesian tuyul is said to scale walls and roofs.
Làákàyè
Làákàyè díẹ̀
àkọsílẹ̀ pápá

Ohun tí àwọn orísun sọ

1

Described as an undead infant, usually a near-naked toddler, sometimes with red eyes and sharp teeth1

2

Kept mainly to steal money and valuables for its master1

3

Childlike in its tastes: it likes sweets, toys and clothes1

4

Popular belief says it takes only half of what it finds1

5

Sudden wealth is still sometimes blamed on owning one1

6

In 2006 a 'toyol in a bottle' found by a Malaysian fisherman was handed to a state museum1

Ṣé o lè sá fún un?

Ẹ̀ka ìyára láti bí àwọn orísun ṣe ṣàpèjúwe rẹ̀ (ó ń sáré), kì í ṣe ìwọ̀n.

Ìwọ, ní rírìn nǹkan bí 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ìwọ, ní eré òwúrọ̀ nǹkan bí 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Àgbàlagbà alágbára tó ń sáré nǹkan bí 24 km/h (15 mph)
Toyol nǹkan bí 24 km/h (15 mph)
Ẹni tó ń gun kẹ̀kẹ́ lákọ̀ọ́kọ̀ nǹkan bí 37 km/h (23 mph)

Àwọn orísun

  1. Toyol - Wikipedia

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Ìtàn àtẹnudẹ́nu láti àwọn ilẹ̀ kan náà

PocongJavanese / Indonesian and MalayLangsuyarMalay, 1891Toraja walking deadTorajan (Sulawesi, Indonesia), 2009

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