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

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

NATURE, pp. 1–15 PAGE

(a) CREATION OF THE WORLD 1

(b) NATURAL PHENOMENA 5

CHAPTER II

MAN AND HIS PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE, pp. 16–

(a) CREATION OF MAN 16

(b) SANCTITY OF THE BODY 23

(c) THE SOUL 47

(d) ANIMAL, VEGETABLE,  AND MINERAL SOULS 52

CHAPTER III

RELATIONS WITH THE SUPERNATURAL WORLD, pp. 56–

(a) THE MAGICIAN 56

(b) HIGH    PLACES 61

(c) NATURE OF   RITES 71

CHAPTER IV

THE MALAY PANTHEON, pp. 83–

(a) GODS 83

(b) SPIRITS,    DEMONS, AND GHOSTS 93