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Southeast Asian

Wewe Gombel

The Wewe Gombel, a ghost of Javanese folklore — a frightening female spirit with long pendulous breasts who snatches and hides away neglected or abused

Sep 7, 20269 min read

Southeast Asian

Nyai Roro Kidul

Nyai Roro Kidul (Kanjeng Ratu Kidul), the powerful Queen of the Southern Sea in Javanese mythology — the beautiful spirit-queen who rules the Indian Ocean

Sep 7, 20268 min read

Southeast Asian

Semar

Semar (Kyai Lurah Semar), the beloved clown-god of Javanese mythology and the wayang — an indigenous deity in the humble form of a fat, ugly clown-servant

Sep 7, 202610 min read

Southeast Asian

Nyi Pohaci

Nyi Pohaci (Nyai Pohaci Sanghyang Asri), the Sundanese rice-goddess — the same beloved divine mother of rice, fertility, and life worshipped across

Sep 7, 202611 min read

Southeast Asian

Dewi Sri

Dewi Sri (Nyai Pohaci Sanghyang Sri), the rice-goddess and goddess of fertility and abundance of Java, Bali, and Indonesia — the beloved divine mother of

Sep 6, 20268 min read

Southeast Asian

Batara Guru

Batara Guru (Bhatara Guru), the supreme god of Javanese and Balinese mythology — the king of the gods and the Javanese form of the Hindu Shiva, lord of

Sep 6, 202610 min read

Polynesian & Oceanic

Poliahu

Poli’ahu (Poliahu), the snow-goddess of Hawaii — the beautiful white-robed goddess of the snow-capped summit of Mauna Kea, the great rival of the

Sep 6, 20268 min read

Polynesian & Oceanic

Nightmarchers

The Nightmarchers (Hukai’po), the ghostly processions of ancient Hawaiian warriors and chiefs that march by night with torch and drum along the old sacred

Sep 6, 20267 min read

Polynesian & Oceanic

Nanaue

Nanaue, the were-shark of Hawaiian legend — a man born with a shark’s mouth upon his back, son of the shark-king Kamohoali’i, who could change into a

Sep 6, 20268 min read

Polynesian & Oceanic

Menehune

The Menehune, the legendary little people of Hawaii — a race of small, industrious, secretive folk who dwelt in the forests, master builders who raised

Sep 6, 20267 min read