langsuirn.
/ˈlaŋsjʊə/ A female vampire with a whinnying cry, that preys on newborn children. Cf. penanggalan n.
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1881 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc., Straits Branch June 28 If a woman dies in child-birth..she is popularly supposed to become a langsuyar, a flying demon of the nature of the ‘white lady’ or ‘banshee’.
1900 W. W. Skeat Malay Magic vi. 320 The Langsuir..takes the form of an owl.
1972 Daily Tel. 12 May (Colour Suppl.) 58/3 The Malayan vampire family includes..the Langsuir, the spirit of a woman who died after hearing that her child was stillborn, known by her green robe, her tapering nails of amazing length and her long black hair which conceals a hole in the back of her neck through which she sucks the blood of children.
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