Penanggalan

In Malaysian folklore, the Penanggalan is a vampire who attacks newborns. It is customary to hang up a bunch of thistle in houses where a birth has taken place to catch her.

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References

Source

  • Evans, Ivor H. N. (1923). Studies in Religion, Folklore, and Custom in British North Borneo and the Malay Peninsula. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 14.