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

[cclxxiii] Tilek [p. 578. Aku tahu asal angkau jadi: Didalam chahia Darah Puteh Turun kapada ibu-mu Pasang sur ...

[cclxxiv] Membuat buta [p. 310. Ambil ikan seluang sa’ekor, buboh dalam mangkok, lagi hidup di-chuckok ...

[cclxxv] Pantun describing the effect of the Black Art Niyor manis, siamang bulan, Kalapa tumboh di batu, Si Anu men ...

1 Di-sembor kapada yang kena. ↑ 2 i.e. rumah Pontianak. ↑ 3 Orang yang kena Pontianak jadi hitam sa ...

12 In the case of a boy, a piece of paper and a sugar-palm twig (such as the Malays use for writing w ...

Asam, which comes from the land, is mixed with salt, which comes from the sea, and the two bring ...

Explained as meaning “to roll in anything sticky.” ↑ 36 Tracks, qu. bangkar. ↑ 37 “Thrust deeply down.” ↑ 38 i ...

Dalang bidok pagi hari Datang-lah tuan datang-lah nyawa, Memanggil tuan datang kamari. ↑ 48 i.e. Penuwei. ...

59 Bangsa limau hutan. ↑ 60 Em. ruayat, i.e. kesah. ↑ 61 Di-surat, i.e. aku. ↑ 62 Ha, i.e. angkau. (But qu ...

75 Qu. sunggoh-nya. ↑ 76 Some word like hantu, puaka, buatan orang, or the like, is missing here. ↑ 77 The ...

Probably Fa is intended, v. inf. ↑ 91 Qu. Thal or Dal. ↑ 92 Explained as yang bising. Kl. “plaaggeest.” ↑ 9 ...

NOTE ON THE WORD KRAMAT The following is an extract from a letter by the author which was received too l ...

As regards true totemism, I am not sure that it can be traced among the Malays of the Peninsula, although ...

soon after its capture, I believe on the same evening, it escaped from its cage overnight, a fact whi ...

LIST OF CHIEF AUTHORITIES QUOTED Clifford, Hugh. In Court and Kampong. London, 1897. Studies in Brown Humanit ...

Leyden, John. Malay Annals. London, 1821. Marsden, William. The History of Sumatra, 2nd ed. London, 1784. Third ...

INDEX ...

Abduction of the soul, 49 , 50 , 568 –573, 574 –579; of women, 394 –396 Adolescence, ceremonies at, 352 –3 ...

Bear, legends about the, 183 –187; his enmity towards the tiger, 183 , 184 Beasts, ideas about, 52 , 53 , ...

Blinding by magic, 155 , 310 Blood, supposed colour of royal, 18 (note), 37 ; offered to spirits, 143 ...