Java
Hantu Lawang Sewu
Vengeful Female Danger 3 of 5 · Frightening
- Form
- Dutch lady ghost (noni Belanda)
- Origin
- Lawang Sewu, the 'thousand doors' former Dutch railway headquarters in Semarang, is haunted in legend by Dutch ladies and by victims of its basement's wartime use as a prison.
- Behavior
- Place-bound apparitions; among Indonesia's most visited 'haunted' heritage sites.
- Deterrents and vulnerabilities
- None; the site is now a museum managing its own legend.
- Diet
- Non-consumptive
- Culture
- Semarang / Dutch colonial
- Region
- Java
- Sampling
- Added in dataset v3–v5; first placed on a tree here.
Coded characters
◆ New entry coded by folklore synthesis. Sex: Unspecified.
| Human-like | Humanoid, witch, or human spirit |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male, unspecified, or variable |
| Death or birth origin | Death, childbirth, or infant origin |
| Incorporeal | Ghost, spirit, or undead |
| Flight | Grounded |
| Burial | None or weak |
| Children | None |
| Blood and organs | None |
| Theft and mischief | None |
| Hair or fur | None |
| Animal form | None |
| Detached head | None |
| Fire or light | None |
| Water | None |
| Forest | None |
| Settlement | Village, house, hospital, or road |
| Black magic | No strong sorcery motif |
| Widespread | Localized |
| Body plan | Spectral female |
| Diet | Non-consumptive |
Nearest on the tree
Identical coding to Hantu Terowongan Casablanca, Suster Keramas, Hantu Sumiati, so the tree cannot separate them.
