The most terrifying spooky characters in Asian legends

Asian legends often have a lot of magical creatures, among them surprises.

Penangglan

Penangglan is considered a vampire of Malaysia. It has the face of a sharp woman, but the neck does not have flesh and connects directly to the heart, the lower body only has the stomach and intestines. Normally, Penangglan is shaped like a woman, but when startled, it will reveal its appearance. In addition, it can go through walls or turn into liquid and go through openings in the house.

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Penangglan

According to legend, Penangglan often took human blood as food. The most common way to prevent it is to use thorns of the leaf named Mengkuang to injure the monster. In addition, this leaves can be mixed with alcohol and watered around the house.

Monster Worm

The Allghoi Mongolian monster , much known as the Worm, is a snake, or giant worm, with a red body 1.5 meters long, spraying acid into all living things in its path.

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The people have spread the story of thousands of lives today about this monster. Although there were two journalists who found evidence to prove the existence of Worm, until now, most people still consider it a myth of imagination.

Ma

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Kasa-obake is one of the monsters into Japan after 100 years. However, this monster is more strange than the others in that it is transformed from . an umbrella.

Karakasa is a deceiver who loves to scare people. However, they also like to play. They will be very happy to play with anyone, especially those who look childish. Karakasa loves to fly around in rainy days. Many people think that monsters make them more funny than scary.

Namahage

Namahage is a ghost with the 'educational' character of Japanese people. They live in rural areas and people have to sacrifice food for it regularly, with a woman every year.

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On New Year's Eve, they will come to every house to remove the door, intimidating lazy people. Despite having an extremely fierce face, Namahage is especially afraid of hardworking, well-educated and labor-loving children.

Monsters like to lick the bath

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Another strange monster from Japan is called Akaname. It is often described as having a red body, long limbs and hideous dirty face. Akaname has a wall of interest . to lick the dirty bathroom with his long tongue and simultaneously spray poisonous foam. Many people believe that the origin of this monster is from fathers and mothers who want to encourage their children to always keep the bathroom clean.

Almasty

In the mountains of Central Asia Caucasus , people have been gossiping about the existence of a human-like monster: Almasty. As described, they are animals with limbs, people covered with fur, which look like a big bear.

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They frightened many people even though they did not harm people. It runs so fast that no one has ever been able to meet Almasty face to face but only through words since the past.

Some say that this monster is the source of the Yeti Snowman 's assumptions .

Monster Nue

This is a product of Japanese culture. In the legend, Nue is a large animal, heterosexual, carrying parts of all other animals.

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It is said that, in 1153, Emperor Konoe met nightmares every night and fell ill. Later, a brilliant man, Yorimasu Minamoto , discovered that whenever the king slept, a dark cloud flew over the palace. He shot the arrow at it, a dead Nue and King Konoe recovered.

Vetala

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In the ancient Indian tales, Vetala is considered one of the scariest monsters. Living in cemeteries, in the form of a bat, this demon species likes to wander to kill children and pets.

Many ancient monuments also describe them as the souls of the souls, slaves or guards for evil sorcerers.

Tikbalang

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Tikbalang is a hybrid monster in Filipino folk beliefs. It is believed that it is the angry soul of an abandoned child. Tikbalang has the head and legs of horses, the body is the normal body of the person. Its four limbs are very long and unbalanced, so gait is often described as difficult to see.

According to legend, the victims strayed to the devil's whereabouts in the deep forest and became food for them. Luckily, Tikbalang's escape from the joke was quite simple. It is to put on the shirt and ask them not to bother.

Manticore

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In the shape of the head of a lion, Manticore is the most feared monster in the Middle East . The Persians call it a man-eating machine because of violence, cruelty and cruelty.

Monsters crawling 1 leg

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Monsters crawling 1 leg

Kui is a Chinese mythological creature . Kui was born in Mount Liubo on the East Asian sea. It looks like a gray cow, but only one leg. When the storms come, Kui's body will emit light and its roar will sound like thunder. In legend, people often hunt Kui and skin them to empty.

Mananggal vampire

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They are similar to Malaysia's Penanggalan. The difference is that the Philippines monster looks very similar to a bat, they use their tongues to suck blood from unborn babies. Their victims are thought to be babies born with facial deformities. To combat them, people often use garlic, salt or ash.