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Langsuyar

Ibuye libizwe: 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

Lwa nayo
Kuqoshwe kuqala
1891
First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)
Imvelaphi
Malay
I-Malaysia, I-Indonesia
Okuyibangela
Okunye
A woman who dies in pregnancy or childbirth returns.
Indlela oba ngayo yinye
A woman who died pregnant, in labour, or from the shock of a stillbirth.
Indlela inyakaza ngayo
Iyagijima
Flies; she is associated with owls and other night birds that settle on the roof of the house she attacks.
Ubuhlakani
Ohlakaniphile
Izindawo ezibuthaka
  • 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

Yaqala nini ukuvela?

First attested in 1891; described by Walter William Skeat in Malay Magic (1900)

amanothi ensimini

Okushiwo 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

Ubungayidlula ngokugijima?

Isigaba sejubane esisuka ekuchazweni yimithombo (iyagijima), hhayi isilinganiso.

Wena, uhamba cishe 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wena, ugijima kancane cishe 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Umuntu omdala olungile egijima ngamandla cishe 24 km/h (15 mph)
Langsuyar cishe 24 km/h (15 mph)
Umgibeli webhayisikili osheshayo cishe 37 km/h (23 mph)

Imithombo

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

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