Java, Vampires in

(pop culture)

The Javanese shared much of their mythology with Malaysia and the rest of Indonesia. Included in that mythology was the belief in the pontianak. The pontianak was a bansheelike creature that flew through the night in the form of a bird. It could be heard wailing in the evening breeze as it sat in the forest trees. It was described variously as a woman who died a virgin (de Wit) or a woman who died giving birth (Kennedy). In both cases, it appeared as beautiful young women and attacked men whom it emasculated. De Wit noted that the pontianak appeared fairer than any love-goddess. Such creatures would embrace a man, but immediately withdraw after a single kiss. In the process they revealed the hole in their backs, which had been covered by the long tresses of hair. The man had to grab the hair and pull out a single strand, or he would be vampirized by the woman. If he failed, he would soon die; if he succeeded, he would live a long and happy life.

The pontianak also attacked babies and sucked their blood out of jealousy over the happiness of the mother. Infants who were stillborn or who died soon after birth of an unknown cause would be thought of as victims of a pontianak.

Sources:

de Wit, Augusta. Java: Facts and Fancies. The Hague: W. P. van Stockum, 1912. Rept. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1984. 321 pp.Kennedy, Raymond. The Ageless Indies. New York: John Day Company, 1942. 208 pp.

单词	java, vampires in
释义	Java, Vampires in Java, Vampires in (pop culture) The Javanese shared much of their mythology with Malaysia and the rest of Indonesia. Included in that mythology was the belief in the *pontianak.* The pontianak was a bansheelike creature that flew through the night in the form of a bird. It could be heard wailing in the evening breeze as it sat in the forest trees. It was described variously as a woman who died a virgin (de Wit) or a woman who died giving birth (Kennedy). In both cases, it appeared as beautiful young women and attacked men whom it emasculated. De Wit noted that the pontianak appeared fairer than any love-goddess. Such creatures would embrace a man, but immediately withdraw after a single kiss. In the process they revealed the hole in their backs, which had been covered by the long tresses of hair. The man had to grab the hair and pull out a single strand, or he would be vampirized by the woman. If he failed, he would soon die; if he succeeded, he would live a long and happy life. The pontianak also attacked babies and sucked their blood out of jealousy over the happiness of the mother. Infants who were stillborn or who died soon after birth of an unknown cause would be thought of as victims of a pontianak. Sources: de Wit, Augusta. Java: Facts and Fancies. The Hague: W. P. van Stockum, 1912. Rept. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1984. 321 pp.Kennedy, Raymond. The Ageless Indies. New York: John Day Company, 1942. 208 pp.
随便看	dow industrials dowitcher dowitchers do with do with a vengeance do with mirrors do without do without her do without him do without it do without me do without one do without (someone or something) do without them do without us do without you do with (something) do with something dow jones dow jones 10,000 dow jones 65 composite average dow jones aig commodity index dow jones and company dow jones and company inc dow jones and company, inc.