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

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dal-ba-wau-dal-Ahajazdabuda. The present year (1251) is the year Toun-za.


“In a Malay MS. history of Patani, in my possession, I find the Siamese mode of


designating the different years of the cycle by the names of animals adopted.”^241


PLATE   25.—FIG.    1.  DIAGRAMS.

Diagrams    used    for divinatory  purposes—the    two on  the right   being   different   kinds   of  “magic
squares.” The left-hand top figure has small circles at different points of its anatomy, which are
used as the means of divination. The left-hand figure at the bottom is used as a sort of compass
—the diviner counting round it from point to point.
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