78
Infra, Chap. VI. p. 431. ↑
79
We might then expect to get some such table as the following:—
Colours of Cloths
(used to enwrap the
lump of earth from
the footprint).Colours of
Cosmetics
(used by the
sick man).Colours of Rice
(such as may be
used by medicine-
men).
... white white Highest Color.
yellow ... yellowMediumColor.
,,... ... blue.
red red red.
... ... purple or orange
... ... green.
black black black. Lowest Color.
,,Green is not a common colour. Blue appears to be rarely used. It is, however, the colour
assigned to a (fabulous (?)) champaka flower, which is supposed to be the rarest of its kind
(vide p. 29 n. supra). Orange (jingga) is also extremely rare, though it is occasionally used for
certain decorative work (e.g. small wedding-pillows). ↑
80
Infra, Chap. V. pp. 211, 250, 251. ↑
81
Or is this phenomenon of a bird-shaped soul inhabiting certain trees to be explained by the
“notion of a vegetable soul, common to plants and to the higher organisms, possessing an
animal soul in addition”? and are we to take this as only “one more instance of the fuller
identification of the souls of plants with the souls of animals”?—Tylor, op. cit. vol. i. pp. 428,
- ↑
82
Professor Tylor’s pregnant phraseology in this connection is entirely applicable to the Malays,
who “talk quite seriously to beasts alive or dead as they would to men alive or dead, offer them
homage, ask pardon when it is their painful duty to hunt and kill them.” Cp. also his remarks
upon this subject, ibid. p. 423.—Prim. Cult. vol. i. p. 422. ↑