Malay Magic _ Being an introduction to the - Walter William Skeat

affair.^306 “A horned toad, known as katak bertandok, but not the common one of that name (Megalophrys nasuta, ...

“A strange superstition is attached to a small snail which frequents the neighbourhood of the limestone ...

or tarahan kayu); the sĕnunggang fish from the long-tailed monkey (k’ra); the aruan fish from a frog (kat ...

who pokes out its eyes with a special needle (which must be one out of a score— the packets being made u ...

FIG. 1.—Ceremony of sacrificing at the fishing-stakes. Shortly after our arrival the loading of the trays commenced. ...

Everything being now ready, Bilal Umat carried a smoking censer thrice round the row of trays (walking always ...

the left side of the bows, and working right down to the stern, and then recommencing on the right and wor ...

Peace be with you, God’s Prophet, Noah! Peace be with you, god of the Back-water! Peace be with yo ...

— “Swallow (lit. receive) the gut of my line, Be it broken sooner than torn from my hands, If you tear ...

(d) Fire 1. PRODUCTION OF FIRE “Procuring fire by friction is an accomplishment as common to the Malay as ...

2. FIRE CHARMS In procuring fire by circular or cross friction the performer will often say, by ...

1 Kapar, Klang, Langat: the Pawang (magician) mentions, by way of example, the names of three places on the Sel ...

Vide p. 93, supra. ↑ 10 The proverbs referred to are to be found in the collections of proverbs sent by ...

Gerda meniumur kepah-nia. ↑ 12 Another fabulous bird which Maxwell does not mention is the Walimana (which ...

The baberek appears to be yet another name for the goat-sucker or night-jar (Caprimulgus macrurus, Horsf.) Dawn of ...

19 Selangor Malays add further that his whole body became overgrown with orchids, a conceit which recal ...

died successively, at comparatively short intervals. The last of these men, I was informed by the local ...

possess. An example is: “Manuk (3), Manumah (5), Sangkesa (6), Desa (1), Dewa (4), Raja (2),” whi ...

(2) The buluh dĕkut, or bamboo pigeon-call, from 6 to 8 ft. in length, called “Prince Distraction.” (3) A ...

This shoot of a creeper is “Prince Invitation,” This hut is called the Magic Prince, This decoy is called ...