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

618 753 294 Magic Square of 5.^242 158 1 2417 16147 5 23 2220136 4 3 21191210 9 2 251811 Magic Square of 7.^242 2819101 ...

Sometimes, again, the names of the five Hindu deities already mentioned will be found similarly arranged, i ...

15 16 (Maheswara). 16– 20 S’ri (17 is called Kala by mistake).^244 16– 20 Bisnu (Vishnu). 21– 25 Kala (23 and 24 ...

PLATE 26.—FIG 1. DIAGRAMS. A set of diagrams corresponding to preceding, and used in the same manner, the wh ...

FIG. 2. DIAGRAMS. Varieties of the preceding, photographed from Malay charm-books in the author’s possession ...

36–42Ketab^245 (Mercury); Wednesday (6). 43–49Zahari^246 (Venus); Friday (7). This 7-square is based on a ...

The Kite (N.) opposed to theFowl(S.) The Crocodile (N.E.)opposed ,, (^) to ,, (^) the ,, Fish (S.W.) The Rat (E.) oppos ...

the information, and those of the outer circle his enemy. The counting is carried out in precisely the same ...

PLATE 27.—FIG. 1. DIAGRAMS. Further varieties, photographed from Malay charm-books in the author’s possession ...

FIG. 2. DIAGRAMS. Further varieties of these Diagrams taken from a Malay charm-book in the author’s po ...

points of the ordinary Malay compass three or four times in the lunar month. The subject of omens in gener ...

mosquitoes, flies, and the like, means that an enemy is coming to the village, to dream about eating jack- ...

each drop was borne away by the current, a large jar immediately rose to the surface and floated, in ...

wanted a little more, and he went on hauling. ‘Kachip,’ said the bird again. ‘Just a very little mo ...

Charms, Talismans, and Witchcraft While by divination and by inferences from omens and dreams, Malays attempt to a ...

herbs, roots, and the like. But such charms are also used for many other purposes: “to ward off demons (s ...

“‘It is not earth that I switch, But the heart of So-and-so.’ (Bukan-nya aku mĕnyembat tanah, Aku mĕnyembat h ...

PLATE 28.—FIG. 1. WAX FIGURES. Specimens of the wax figures used for sticking pins into, vide the central ...

FIG. 2. SPIRIT UMBRELLAS AND TAPERS. Two umbrellas (made of cloth coated with wax) and two nail-shaped tape ...

my possession. As it illustrates several new points about these wax figures, and as such charms are exceedingly ...