Kuyang is an invisible ghost in the form of a human head with a sticky body and limbs that can fly to find the blood of a baby or the blood of a woman after giving birth. This creature is known to the community in Borneo. Kuyang is actually a human (woman) who demands the teachings of black art to achieve eternal life.
During the day, a kuyang will go about his daily life as a normal person, but usually he wears a robe. At night kuyang will fly to look for baby blood or delivery blood to be sucked as a means to increase the strength of his knowledge. People who see flying birds usually see them as big birds. Kuyang figure is also rumored to resemble a ghost Leak from Bali.
Reported from various sources, the following Indonesiar.com summarizes the facts about the Kuyang ghost that is believed by the Indonesian people,
1. Women with dangling internal organs
Kuyang ghost is a stealth figure in the form of a female head with long hair and organs in the body that hang without skin.
2. Looking for a baby and the blood of a pregnant woman or after giving birth
It’s not just the figure that is creepy. It is said that according to popular belief, ghosts without internal organs are looking for babies and the blood of pregnant women or after giving birth. If Kuyang has eaten blood, then his ability will be more powerful and can not be defeated by any ability or strength.
3. Women who seek the teachings of black art for eternal life
It is said that Kuyang is actually a woman who demands the teachings of black art to achieve eternal life. During the day, the ghost of Kuyang became a normal human being wearing a robe. Then when night came, he flew looking for tumbal. The people who saw it flying, claimed that the figure was like a big bird.
4. Similar to Kuduang Classic, ghost from Minang
This belief is not only believed by the people of Borneo. In Minangkabau, there is also a figure similar to Kuyang, named Palasik Kuduang. This Kuduang classic is very much feared by mothers in Minangkabau, especially those who have toddlers.
Just like Kuyang, Palasik Kuduang also targets babies or toddlers, both those who are still in the womb or those who are dead (buried). It is said that if the classic meets a toddler who is being carried by his mother, then they will try to comfort him.
This was done to attack the toddler and find the baby bump with his head floating and his body still in his house.
5. Not only in Indonesia, there are also in some countries
It turns out that similar ghosts of Kuyang are not only found in Indonesia, but also in several countries, one of them in the Neighboring Country, Malaysia. Like Kuyang, the ghost of Penanggal Malaysia has a head with open organs in the body. The figure is not much different from Kuyang, this woman’s head is separated and the organs in her body are hanging down.
According to Malaysian beliefs, it is said that she was an ordinary female midwife who had made an agreement with the devil to gain supernatural powers. The condition is not to eat meat for 40 days. But he violated and was cursed to be like that. Very creepy and horrible when you see it for real!
