Pelesit
demonic intermediate Malay single tradition · 2
Servant spirit from Malay tradition. The Pelesit acts as a supernatural helper or familiar to those who control it.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Belief in the pelesit traces back to Malay animism before the introduction of monotheism.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Perchta, Phi Tai Hong, Pillan, Pim-skwa-wagen-owad, Piru, Pita-skog, Pixie, Plakavac, Pok-wejee-men, Polevik, Pollo Maligno, Poltergeist, Pombero, Ponaturi, Pontianak, Poubi Lai, Pricolici, Psotnik, Psychai, Psyche, Bajang, Pishacha, Preta, Pan, Penghou, Paasselkä devils, Pakhangba, Pamola, Panis, Patupairehe, Pegaeae
- allied with
- Polong
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Pelesit (Malay) – Servant spirit”
#5230 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The pelesit is one of many ghosts and spirits mentioned by Munshi Abdullah in his book Hikayat Abdullah, to the amusement of his employer Stamford Raffles. In Kijiya, a Malaysian komku series, the Pelesit are demonic creatures that serve as the series' main antagonists”
#7929 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001