Bali
Suster Keramas
Vengeful Female Danger 3 of 5 · Frightening
- Form
- Nurse ghost
- Origin
- Denpasar urban legend of a nurse ghost whose hair-washing (keramas) is heard in a hospital bathroom; she is said to approach anyone who knocks or calls, asking to have her hair washed — with a handful of hair as the horror's price.
- Behavior
- Auditory haunting escalating to appearance in hospital retellings.
- Deterrents and vulnerabilities
- None specific.
- Diet
- Non-consumptive
- Culture
- Balinese urban (Denpasar)
- Region
- Bali
- 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, Hantu Lawang Sewu, Hantu Sumiati, so the tree cannot separate them.
