16
It would appear not impossible that Sang Gala may be a corruption of Sangkara, one of the
names of Shiva, which would account at once for the higher rank of this particular spirit, and
for his possession of the titles enumerated above. ↑
17
Vide App. ccxxviii. Another account adds (with) “Black Throat and White Blood,” white blood
being a royal attribute. ↑
18
Their names were (1) Sa-lakun darah (“He of the Blood-pool(?))”; (2) Sa-halilintar (“He of
the Thunderbolt”); (3) Sa-rukup (= rungkup) Rang Bumi (“World-coverer”); (4) Sa-gĕrtak
Rang Bumi (“World-pricker”); (5) Sa-gunchang Rang Bumi (“World-shaker”); (6) Sa-tumbok
Rang Bumi (“World-beater”) and (?) (7) Sa-gĕmpar ʿAlam (“Universe-terrifier”). ↑
19
The magician appears to have interpreted it as Bĕnua ʿajam; but it may be conjectured that this
is a mistaken inference from some expression like Jin ibnu Jan, “Jan,” according to some
Arabic authorities, being the Father of the Genii, or, according to others, a particular class of
them who are capable of being transformed into “Jin.” Vide Hughes, Dict. of Islam, s.v.
Genii. ↑
20
Perhaps a corruption of Sartan, the Crab (Cancer) in the Zodiac. ↑
21
The following account of Genii (printed in the Selangor Journal, vol. i. No. 7, p. 102) was
given me by a Mecca pilgrim or “Haji.” This man was a native of Java who had spent several
years in the Malay Peninsula, and as Mecca is the goal of the pilgrimage to all good
Muhammadans alike, it is important to know something of the ideas which are there
disseminated, and with which the Malay pilgrim would be likely to come in contact. “In the
unseen world the place of first importance must be accorded, on account of their immense
numbers, to the ‘Jins’ (the ‘Genii’ of the Arabian Nights).”
“The Javanese, drawing a slightly stronger line of distinction (than that of good and bad genii
in the Arabian Nights), call these two (separate) classes the Jin Islam and the Jin Kafir, or the
Faithful and the Infidel. Of these two classes, the former shrink from whatever is unclean, and
the latter only will approach the Chinese, to whom the Jin Islam manifests the strongest
repugnance. The good genii are perfectly formed in the fashion of a man, but are, of course,
impalpable as air, though they have a voice like mortals. They live in a mosque of their own,
which they never leave, and where they offer up unceasing prayers. This mosque is built of