Krasue

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The krasue (or Kra-Sue) is part of Southeast Asian mythology and is part of popular folklore in Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia and Thailand. It is the floating head of a vampiric female ghost. Intestines hang out of the ghost's neck and trail behind the head. In Laos the Krasue is called Pi-Kasu. In the Philippines, it is called Manananggal. In Cambodia, is called Arp, while in Malaysia and Indonesia, it is called Penanggalan or Hantu Penanggal.

Contents 1 Feature 2 Heredity 3 Origins 4 Adaptations 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Feature

A Krasue Or Arb manifests itself as a beautiful woman. It floats through the air because it has no lower body. It appears as a length of intestines suspended from a lovely woman's face.^[1]. The appearance of this spirit could be young or old. They mostly believe it as a rich person with the black gass or ties the black ribbon around the head and neck as protection from the sunshine. The spirit described the possessesion of an evil spirit into a woman which turns her into a flying vampire head with intestines hanging from the neck after the separation of the head from the body. The hunting action always happens on the night or evening when it flies, seeking for the blood or raw food.^[2] like Fillipina creature,Manananggal, Krasue sometimes prey on pregnant women in their homes just before or after the childbirth, using an elongated proboscis-like tongue and sharp teeth to eat the fetus or its Placenta. To protect the pregnant victims before birth, their relatives cleverly keep a lot of thorns around the house to scare the Krasue coming to suck the blood and many other disgusting stuff which lead the victims to suffer many diseases.^[3] and after the birth, they must take the cut placenta far away for burial to hide it from the Krasue. In the belief that a spirit can't find it well if the placenta is buried deep enough. To crush the still body which can be left sleeping or sitting is fatal to the spirit. The Flying head will return after hunting but rejoin with the wrong body which lead them to suffer pain until death. The creature will surely die if the intestines get cut off or if its body disappears or gets hidden by someone. If the top part of the body fails to find the lower half before daybreak it will die if it does not rejoin the other half when sunlight comes. Other religions believe that the creature can be destroyed by burning them alive.

[edit] Heredity

Many religious believe that Heredity to becoming the spirit originally come from The Pysical or Supernatural combination when someone try to learning the black art in Hindo Culture which appeared them to separate their head and body if they make the mistake or study the wrong magic. The Sins also is a relation to Krasue Heredity for the ones who aborted or killed someone in the pass life, will receive a punishment to become Krasue. Another story refer to a person which later become the Krasue, had Contaminating by eat or drink the meal with the old krasue's sailver or flesh. It mostly happened to the witch's relative especially their daughter or granddaughter.

[edit] Origins

The Nature of Krasue Spirit localed On Hinduism religion come from India which later, spread to Cambodia which first lead the birth of Krasue Spirit by its Dark art and Witch Cursed. It was providing the local religions for long times until the war and refugee happened to took a place in another Country.In Thailand, A story of a Khmer princess become the krasue in Thailand at mids 1700s during the Dark age of Cambodia within the losing of war with many country, had told as the first thai Krasue. The Legend had reminded on Thai Horror film Demonic Beauty'.

[edit] Adaptations

A lot of Countries of Believing The Krasue tale had adapted it into the Screen.Several Thai films depict the krasue, including Krasue (Demonic Beauty) in 2002, 2006's Krasue Valentine by Yuthlert Sippapak, the Cambodian film, 2004 horror film Nieng Arp (Lady Vampire) or Burn the witch , Hong Kong's Witch with the Flying Head (1977) and Indonesia's Mystics In Bali (1981). It was also comically featured in a Sylvania light bulb commercial for Thai audiences.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Manananggal – A similar creature in Filipino mythology (called penanggalan in Malay culture).

[edit] External links

• Review of Krasue
• Macula's illustration of (krasue)