Leak – The Witch in Bali’s Mythology

       Leak is the wicked witch in Bali Mithology. Le means witch and Ak means Witch. Leak will be visible only at night. At noon leak just look like ordinary human beings, while at night leak was in the cemetery to find the organs in the human body uses to make magic potions.
   
       The magic potion can change leak shape into a tiger, monkey, pig or the like of Rangda. According to balinese trust, Leak was a human beings who practice evil magic and need embrio blood to live. It is said that Leak can turn himself into a pig or a ball of fire, while the actual form of worse it has a long tongue and sharp teeth.



Some people said that the magic of leak works only on Bali, that Leak is only found on Bali.

If someone stabbed Leak from bottom of the neck to the head when the head separated from his body, then Leak can not be reunited with his body. If the head is separated at a certain time period, then Leak will die. Mask leak with sharp teeth and long tongue is also sometimes used as house decoration.