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Tuesday Jan 08, 2008

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It's fun learning about things like this at this god awful hour while watching the extras from The Lost Boys. biggrin



The Penanggalan is a rather obscure female vampire that comes to us from Malaysian folklore, its legend tenuously handed down through the gauntlet of time, leaving us with only a tattered remnant of its original horrific glory. Foul in both appearance and behavior, the Penanggalan consists of a woman's head that floats through the air with its entrails hanging below it. Yet, this is where the stories vary.

The Penanggalan seems to have full control over her organs, using them as an octopus manipulates its tentacles, yet this fact is often overlooked in descriptions. The Penanggalan would use her entrails (primarily her small intestine, because of their length) to perform a variety of common mechanics, as well as using them to constrict her prey. The strength and vulnerability of her organs has never been examined in full, but they must be well beyond that of a normal being, lacking the warm, protective outer casing that we all enjoy.

The origin, or transformation, from a normal woman to the Penanggalan also differs somewhat from tale to tale. The most common and widely accepted is this: a woman, while seated in a large wooden vat, used for holding vinegar distilled from the sap of the thatch palm (menyadap nipah) performing a religious penance (dudok bertrapa), is interupted by a man who asks what she is doing. She is so utterly startled that she jumps up, her head literally popping off of her body. The severed head, along with the entrails, which follow it through the neck opening, flies up into a nearby tree, shreiking. Ever since then, she existed as the Penanggalan, an evil spirit that has a certain weakness for newborn blood.

Hope I never see one of those in person.
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VIEW 6 of 6 COMMENTS
oryon:
glitch?
Jan 17, 2008
bleeder:
Lost boys! It has been so long since I have seen that movie. That is a pure classic. biggrin
Jan 17, 2008

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