Krasue

The krasue is a nocturnal spirit in Southeast Asian mythology.

Information
The creature manifests itself as a beautiful, young woman, with her internal organs hanging down from her head.

A rather odd specimen, other creatures that can take off it's head don't also bring it's internal organs with it. She's also accompanied with a luminescent glow around her, theories suggest its' possibly because of methane around her habitat.

This spirit moves by hovering in the hair, in the same position the human head is when walking.

She's almost always hungry, and goes out at night to hunt. She eats the organs of mammals and drinks their blood, but also eats their spirit energy. But her ever favorite food is human fetuses, no matter if it's the spirit energy or the fetus itself, it's always delightful for the krasue.

Backstory
Legend states that the krasue was a Khmer princess who was executed by being burnt.

The marriage of a powerful Siamese man had been arranged for this Khmer princess, following the defeat of her people in war. The princess was very distressed, as she was in love with one of the soldiers, a man of a lower status. Eventually, she was caught, and the Siamese man sentenced her to death by burning.

However, the princess got a sorceress to cast a spell over her to prevent her body from the harm of flames. Although the spell worked, it's effect arrived too late. The only things that didn't get burnt were her head, some of her hair, and her internal organs.