r/creepy • u/diet_m_dew • 5d ago
Does anybody knows what these are?
English is not my first language so I apologize for any grammatical mistakes. On the 26th of March, my younger sister and her friends found these folded paper in our street. She showed it to me and I found it really bizzare, our hair stood up. She also said that the plastic with a triangle, contained a cross (I am not sure if it was a pendant or wooden carving), but her friends took it and so they were not able to take a picture of it. Also, I believe this is not the original copy, but a printed copy cause it is noticeable. What I am certain of is that the original copy is surely written by hand.
My first thought was, these are used by 'mangkukulam' or witch because of the Latin words. I have seen a lot of witches in movies using Latin chants to cast spell. IDK. Let me know what u think.
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u/buffer_overflown 5d ago edited 5d ago
I'm really only getting translations and then making some educated guesses. There are references to things in Indonesia and the Phillipines, like "Sinotris Gentillorum" which is a commissioned work for the Ballet Phillipines. Mataram was apparently a Javanese (Indonesian ethnic group) Hindu-Buddhist kingdom in like the 9th century.
Honestly it seems like a mashup of Christianity and local cultural beliefs and references. Some searching led me to a Facebook profile which had artwork in a similar vein.
It's basically a word salad of statements and references. I'm disinclined to use the word witch because it probably has different connotations for me, but this is maybe at most a little talismanic [in the same sense someone might have a statue of a religious figure or excerpts from a bible]. Not really anything I'd call a spell. Like I said elsewhere, it's basically a poster with references.