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In folklore, a sundel bolong, more commonly referred to as a prostitute ghost is the soul of a woman who died when she was pregnant outside of marriage and therefore gave birth in her grave, or who died during childbirth and the baby came out from her back (this is the reason why the hole was created
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The victims of sundel bolong consist mainly of men and children. As a vengeful spirit, if rejected by a man, she is said to castrate him. Children, especially newborns are said to be taken to replace her lost child.
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which literally means "hole". Modern folklore studies believe that the myth was developed in Javan culture to deter prostitution that developed during the
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from the archipelago which is a woman with beautiful long black hair and a long white dress (her form is similar to
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