The Penanggalan
The Penanggalan:
'She was originally a woman, who used the magic arts of a devil in whom she believed, and she devoted herself to his service night and day until the period of her agreement with her teacher had expired and she was able to fly. Her head and neck were then loosened from the body, the intestines being attached to them, and hanging down in strings. The body remained where it was. Wherever the person in whom the Penanggalan wished to injure happened to live, thither flew the head and bowels to suck his blood, and the person whose blood was sucked was sure to die... There are many people who have seen the Penanggalan flying along with its entrails dangling down at night like fire-flies.'
From The Natural History of the Vampire by Anthony Masters, section on Malaysian vampire myths.
In other news, I managed to finally put the sheeshah pipe together, but found that it had mould around a join on the metal tube! This is what it looks like, except that one doesn't have mould.
'She was originally a woman, who used the magic arts of a devil in whom she believed, and she devoted herself to his service night and day until the period of her agreement with her teacher had expired and she was able to fly. Her head and neck were then loosened from the body, the intestines being attached to them, and hanging down in strings. The body remained where it was. Wherever the person in whom the Penanggalan wished to injure happened to live, thither flew the head and bowels to suck his blood, and the person whose blood was sucked was sure to die... There are many people who have seen the Penanggalan flying along with its entrails dangling down at night like fire-flies.'
From The Natural History of the Vampire by Anthony Masters, section on Malaysian vampire myths.
In other news, I managed to finally put the sheeshah pipe together, but found that it had mould around a join on the metal tube! This is what it looks like, except that one doesn't have mould.