Penanggalan

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title: Penanggalan
text: The penanggalan or penanggal is a nocturnal vampiric entity from Malay ghost myths. It takes the form of a floating disembodied woman's head, with its organs and entrails trailing from its neck. From afar, the penanggalan is said to twinkle like a ball of flame, similar to the will-o'-the-wisp phenomenon. The penanggalan belongs to a constellation of similar mythological entities that can be found under different names across different regions of Southeast Asia; these regional variations all sha
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description: Nocturnal vampiric entity featured in Malay ghost myths
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penanggalan
date created: 2005-12-31T16:26:27Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T02:14:41Z
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