Sumatra
Orang Minyak
Pesugihan / Wealth Demon Danger 5 of 5 · Lethal
- Form
- Oil-covered human
- Origin
- The 'oily man' of Malay lore: a black-magic practitioner (or transformed being) coated in oil, impossible to grip, who attacks women at night; waves of sightings hit Malaysia and Sumatra repeatedly from the 1950s on.
- Behavior
- Slips all grasps; empowered by a rape-count pact in the darkest versions.
- Deterrents and vulnerabilities
- Flour or ash to break the oil's slipperiness in folk advice.
- Diet
- Flesh / sexual menace
- Culture
- Malay
- Region
- Sumatra
- 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 | Not death or birth related |
| Incorporeal | Ghost, spirit, or undead |
| Flight | Grounded |
| Burial | None or weak |
| Children | None |
| Blood and organs | Targets blood, flesh, or organs |
| Theft and mischief | Theft, pranks, or mischief central |
| 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 | Black magic or witchcraft central |
| Widespread | Localized |
| Body plan | Humanoid spirit |
| Diet | Flesh |
