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Indonesia

2 entries in 2 subareas: 2 at grade B. The points fall where the entry was collected, not where the story is set. Hover a point to see the subarea, click it to open the entry.

Java and the Javanese-speaking area; the earliest documented panics in Banyumas and Cilacap (Central Java); spread across the Indonesian archipelago and into Malaysia, where the corresponding figure is called hantu bungkus

BPocongIndonesia — Java and the Javanese-speaking area; the earliest documented panics in Banyumas and Cilacap (Central Java); spread across the Indonesian archipelago and into Malaysia, where the corresponding figure is called hantu bungkus

The Malay-Indonesian world; toponymic anchoring at the confluence of the Kapuas and the Landak, at Pontianak in West Kalimantan

BKuntilanakIndonesia — The Malay-Indonesian world; toponymic anchoring at the confluence of the Kapuas and the Landak, at Pontianak in West Kalimantan

The entries, in brief

The folklore of Indonesia documented in this atlas: Kuntilanak and Pocong. Every entry is placed on the map at the point where it was collected or attested — not where the story is set — and carries its declared grade of documentation (2 at grade B), with the sources it comes from. The 2 subareas are not an administrative division: folklore lives in cultural areas, which rarely coincide with state borders.

Kuntilanak B
A woman in white, very long loose hair, livid skin: beautiful from the front and hideous from behind. The apparition is preceded by the scent of frangipani, followed by the smell of carrion. The cry is a newborn's weeping or a…

Pocong B
A dead man standing upright inside his own shroud. The white kain kafan binds him from head to foot and is closed with ties, the tali pocong, knotted above the head, at the neck, at the chest or waist, at the knees and at the…

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