The Orangutan Eriaz Nagusha is a Sumatran deity that represents the balance between Bravery and Cowardice.
The story was that Nagusha was sitting
high in a treetop above a Banana sellers stall. Hungry and Desperate for
food, Nagusha jumped down and tried to cackle loudly and scare the shop owner away and snag a banana. Carrying out half of the plan, Nagusha then caught a whim of the shopkeeper upon jumping down and cackling and became terrified. Panicking and distraught by the tall Man Nagusha
ran back up the tree only to build up the courage to try it again
tomorrow, repeat the same cowardice in the face of the shopkeeper and run away. This was apparently
done several times in the tale.
Eriaz or Nagusha has become a term used in modern day Malaysia & Indonesia. Used to describe somebody who does a courage act then immediately follows it up by doing
something extremely cowardly and/or backing out of a fight.
Person 1: you wanna
go pussy????
Person 1: i'll beat the
shit outta you bub!
Person 2: WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY? approaches
Person 1: NO NO NO I WAS KIDDING!!!!!! I WAS JOKING PLEASE DON'
T HURT ME!
Person 2: you're a real Eriaz NaGusha you know that..
Person 1 runs away.
Can also be used in place of Pussy or Coward
EXAMPLE: Don'
t be some kinda Eriaz NaGusha dude.