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Hantu Air, Puaka Air or Mambang Air is the Malay translation for Spirit of the Water or Water Ghost, which according to animist traditions in Maritime Southeast Asia, is the unseen inhabitant of watery places such as rivers, lakes, seas, swamps and even ditches.[1] Communication between humans and Hantu Air occur in situations based on the well-being of an environment and can be positive or negative. Water spirits are called on and communicated with through ceremonies, rituals, incantations, and in extreme cases exorcisms.[2] Hantu Air is associated with bad things happening to people including missing persons, drowning, flooding and many other incidents.[1]
- ^ a b Malay Magic. Forgotten Books. ISBN 9781451003727. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
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