Hantu Raya
Also called Hantu Raja.
The Great Demon of Malay belief, a jungle spirit that sits at the centre of a crossroads and waits for whoever is still travelling.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Malay folklore
- Region
- Southeast Asia (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Water-Beckoners
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Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Behaviour
- Haunts liminal crossroads
why
It inhabits the centre of the junction and waits there for any late or unwary traveller to prey upon, which places it at the exact point where a path stops being a single path.
Offensive powers
- Ambush predation
why
It inhabits the centre of the junction and waits there for any late or unwary traveller to prey upon, which places it at the exact point where a path stops being a single path.
Roles
Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.
- Threshold carries both readings
2 citations
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Hantu Raya."
- Walter William Skeat, Malay Magic, p. 104.
- Death meets
2 citations
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Hantu Raya."
- Walter William Skeat, Malay Magic, p. 104.
- Hero meets
2 citations
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Hantu Raya."
- Walter William Skeat, Malay Magic, p. 104.