THE CONCORDANCE
childbirth
3 records across 3 traditions carry this current.
Asia & the Isles · 3
Mae NakMae Nak of Phra Khanong: a specific Thai revenant of a woman who died in childbirth and waited for her husband. Her shrine at Wat Mahabut remains a place of living offerings.Sundel BolongA Javanese and Indonesian female revenant: a woman who died pregnant or in childbirth, often after sexual violence, leaving a hole in her back. Distinct from kuntilanak though films blur them.UbumeA spirit associated with women who died in childbirth in Japanese lore, often appearing near water or bridges and testing the living with a baby that becomes impossibly heavy.
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