Bès Dangon

Variations: Hantu Punggong (Malay), Buttock Spirit

Bes Dangon

The Bès Dangon, “buttock spirit”, is a bès or spirit from the folklore of the Jah Hut people of Malaysia. It lives on the top of coconut trees, and the heat of its urine and stool eventually kills the trees. Anyone who tries to climb an inhabited tree is kicked back down.

References

Werner, R. (1975) Jah-hět of Malaysia, Art and Culture. Penerbit Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

23 Comments

By Hercules’ club! What an oddity! The world of psychic fauna never ceases to amaze me

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posted September 6, 2019 at 1:10 AM by tetradactyl410 Reply
i know you’re trying to keep it professional but I can’t stop snickering at this literal Ass Ghast

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posted September 6, 2019 at 4:47 AM by Ringo Reply
Jesus Christ

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posted September 6, 2019 at 8:11 AM by Diego A. Garcia (@ReadingBrainer) Reply
Is there any place where I can find a pdf of this book

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posted September 6, 2019 at 8:20 AM by Diego A. Garcia (@ReadingBrainer) Reply
- Probably
  
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  posted September 6, 2019 at 9:28 AM by abookofcreatures in reply to Diego A. Garcia (@ReadingBrainer)Reply
  - Where did you get your copy of the book? I found a reasonable sale on AbeBooks but it doesn’t show any images from the actual book so I don’t know if it’s legitimate.
    
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    posted September 7, 2019 at 3:33 PM by Diego A. Garcia (@ReadingBrainer) in reply to abookofcreatures
  - A reader sent me scans, actually!
    
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    posted September 7, 2019 at 3:55 PM by abookofcreatures in reply to Diego A. Garcia (@ReadingBrainer)
- Hello Diego.
  Please try these links if they show up, I’m not sure how the comments here handle links to other sites.
  
  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10fnCCVTmGVx_A-8FvZte0rwlFRBfEJ7W?usp=sharing
  
  Best regards
  
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  posted September 13, 2019 at 7:24 AM by Sammelsurium in reply to Diego A. Garcia (@ReadingBrainer)Reply
  - We’ll find out~
    
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    posted September 13, 2019 at 9:48 AM by abookofcreatures in reply to Sammelsurium
He should’ve been dummy-thicc.

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posted September 6, 2019 at 4:08 PM by What a Fine September. Reply
- Oddly enough he’s not, going by his official image (which I replicated).
  
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  posted September 7, 2019 at 12:40 AM by abookofcreatures in reply to What a Fine September.Reply
- He kicc
  He squicc
  But most importantly
  He ain’t thicc
  
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  posted September 10, 2019 at 3:04 AM by tetradactyl410 in reply to What a Fine September.Reply
I had a good laugh. Thanks for showing this.

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posted September 6, 2019 at 4:33 PM by Hex g27629 Reply
- Anytime 🙂
  
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  posted September 7, 2019 at 12:41 AM by abookofcreatures in reply to Hex g27629Reply
Epic

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posted September 10, 2019 at 3:15 AM by Bersercoon Reply
How cute!

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posted September 21, 2019 at 1:28 AM by The Jophur are just Misunderstood Reply
Looks like something from Earthbound

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posted September 22, 2019 at 3:07 AM by Azdarcus Reply
- … is that a good or bad thing? :S
  
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  posted September 22, 2019 at 3:38 AM by abookofcreatures in reply to AzdarcusReply
  - Its a bit subjective but i find your creature designs more creative and appealing 🙂
    
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    posted September 22, 2019 at 5:38 AM by Azdarcus in reply to abookofcreatures
butt ghost

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posted November 27, 2020 at 1:40 PM by Anonymeese Reply
- Yup
  
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  posted November 28, 2020 at 12:29 AM by abookofcreatures in reply to AnonymeeseReply
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