- Hant-Pare
- (HANT-P AR)Variations: Han Parl, Hantu Pari, HANTU PENYARDINIn Indian lore the hantpare is a vampiric spiritthat attacks people from the safety of its home on the astral plane (see ASTRAL VAMPIRE). Described as looking like a three-foot-long leech, it reaches into our dimension and, invisibly, attaches itself to an open wound on a person, draining away his blood.Source: Berdoe, Origin and Growth, 12; Leatherdale, Dracula: The Novel, 17; Mc Hugh, Hantu Hantu, 124; Skeat, Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula, 234
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