Pontianak
demonic intermediate Malay single tradition · 2
Undead, vampiric women from Malay folklore. Pontianak are the spirits of women who died in childbirth and return as malevolent entities.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Poubi Lai, Pricolici, Psotnik, Psychai, Psyche, Hantu Air, Hantu Beruk, Hantu Belian, Hantu Musang, Hantu Pusaka, Hantu Raya, Hantu Rimba, Hantu Tinggi, Pishacha, Preta, Pan, Penghou, Paasselkä devils, Pakhangba, Pamola, Panis, Patupairehe, Pegaeae, Pelesit, Perchta, Phi Tai Hong, Pillan, Pim-skwa-wagen-owad, Piru, Pita-skog, Pixie, Plakavac, Pok-wejee-men, Polevik, Pollo Maligno, Polong, Poltergeist, Pombero, Ponaturi
Mentioned by
- Pishacha
- Preta
- Pan
- Penghou
- Paasselkä devils
- Pakhangba
- Pamola
- Panis
- Patupairehe
- Pegaeae
- Pelesit
- Perchta
- Phi Tai Hong
- Pillan
- Pim-skwa-wagen-owad
- Piru
and 10 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Pontianak (Malay) – Undead, vampiric women who died in childbirth”
#5248 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Pontianak: a woman who died in childbirth and kills women and children, often regarded as one of the most feared and malevolent hantu.”
#7226 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001