from actions, 264 , 349 , 351 , 533 , 534 ;
from scattered rice, 411 –414;
from animals, 254 , 534 , 535 , 561 ;
from the lines of the hand, 561 , 562
Orchids, 205 (note)
Ordeals, 542 –544
Origin, magic power involved in the knowledge of a thing’s, 156
Owls, omens of ill-luck, 123 , 124
Palmistry, 561 , 562
Pantang, see Taboos
Pauh Janggi (mythical tree), 6 –9
Pearls, cocoa-nut, 195 –197;
breeding, 275 (note)
Pĕlĕsit (familiar spirit), 330 , 331
Penance or religious retreat, 71 , 81
Pĕnanggalan (vampire), 327 , 328 , 334
Performances, theatrical, 503 –521
Petrified pilgrim, legend of the, 8 –10
Pheasant, Argus, legend about the, 130 , 131
Physician, court, his exemption from taboos, 39
Pig, wild, ideas about the, 188 , 189
Pigeon, ground, legends about the, 126 , 127 , 190 ;
method of snaring wild, 132 –141;
charms used in decoying, 135 –142
Pillar of the Kaʿbah, the navel of the earth, 3