Meaning of leyak | Babel Free

Definitions

A Balinese witch or practitioner of black magic.

Examples

“Meanwhile the leyak has become⟳ invisible and the servant is very much relieved, but just then the patih sees it as it is disappearing behind a group of children, who squirm about uneasily.”

“A leyak can transform⟳ himself, or rather, his spirit, into another form⟳ – a monkey, a bird, a ghostly light⟳, a body without a head – the variety is endless.”

“She was like⟳ a Balinese leyak, one of the spirits of humans most often seen in the form⟳ of a blue flame that darts from coconut tree to coconut tree, at night.”

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