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

spirit, propitiation of the, ib. Card games, 487 –493 Caterpillar, transformation of, into the squirrel, 1 ...

eagle-wood, 210 ; gutta-percha, 215 ; cocoa-nut, 216 , 217 ; sowing, 229 ; reaping, 238 –240, 243 , 245 , 247 ...

Cocoa-nut pearls, 195 –197 Cock-fighting, 475 –483; rules of, 481 Cocks, fighting, different kinds of, 479 , 4 ...

the Monkey dance, 465 ; the Dabus, 466 ; the Palm-blossom, 466 –468; the Fish-trap, 468 Dancing girls, costumes of ...

Dragon, mythical, surrounding the world, 6 ; dragons, the cause of floods and eclipses, 10 –12; associated with ...

other ideas about the, 153 , 154 ; hunting the, 155 , 156 Evil eye, 534 Evil influences, see Badi, ...

Floods, cause of, 10 Flute, magic, 25 , 27 Foam, child found in, 18 , 19 Food offered to spirits, 76 ...

Gold, recipe for turning brass into, 188 ; spirit of, 251 , 271 ; ore, 271 , 272 Grass, origin of, 4 Grave- ...

High places or holy places, 61 –71, 81 Hinduism, influence of, 2 –4, 84 –91, 189 , 545 , 546 Hornbil ...

Iron, magic use of, 225 , 232 , 236 , 237 , 273 , 274 , 338 , 398 , 429 , 454 –456 Jambu Agai or Ra ...

Language, special, appropriated to royalty, 35 ; other language taboos and figurative language, 139 , 1 ...

Licking, casting out evil influences by, 443 Lime-tree, the object of a special cult, 205 , 206 Limes, not al ...

medical(Bomors), 409 –455; theatrical, 504 –512; power over the soul, 568 –578 Mahameru, Mount, 2 Maize, rules ...

magic character of the diagnosis in, 409 –414; propitiatory ceremonies used in, 414 –424; neutralising poison ...

Mountains, in legend, 1 , 2 ; associated with dragons, 13 , 14 Mouse-deer, the, in fable, 179 ; snaring ...

from actions, 264 , 349 , 351 , 533 , 534 ; from scattered rice, 411 –414; from animals, 254 , 5 ...

Plays, theatrical, 503 –521 Poisons, charms against, 424 –427, 449 , 450 Polong (familiar spirit), 329 Pont ...

Rainbow, origin of the, 4 ; ideas about the, 14 , 15 Raja, sanctity of the person of the, 23 , ...

Rings, magic use of, 337 , 353 Rites, nature of, performed at sacred places, 74 –77 Rivers, spirits of, 103 , 27 ...

Shadow, importance of the, 143 , 244 , 245 , 248 , 306 , 332 , 575 Shadow-plays, 514 –516 Sheikhs, the f ...