66
In calling the soul, a clucking sound, represented in Malay by the word kur or kĕrr, by which
fowls are called, is almost always used; in fact, “kur sĕmangat” (“cluck! cluck! soul!”) is such
a common expression of astonishment among the Malays that its force is little more than “good
gracious me!” (vide infra, p. 534, note). ↑
67
Vide App. vi. ↑
68
In another charm we find the sick man’s body compared to a weather-beaten barque at sea. ↑
69
Vide App. cclxxi. ↑
70
The entire conception of the soul among the Malays agrees word for word with Professor
Tylor’s classical definition in Primitive Culture, vol. i. p. 387, and hence I have not hesitated to
use his exact words in so far as they were applicable. ↑
71
Cp. Tylor, Prim. Cult. vol. i. p. 422. ↑
72
What these seven souls were it is impossible without more evidence to determine. All that can
be said is that they were most probably seven different manifestations of the same soul. Such
might be the Shadow-soul, the Reflection-soul, the Puppet-soul, the Bird-soul (?), the Life-
soul, etc, but as yet no evidence is forthcoming.—Cp. Tylor, op. cit. vol. i. pp. 391, 392. ↑
73
Professor Tylor calls this “a combination of several kinds of spirit, soul, or image, to which
different functions belong” (op. cit. vol. i. pp. 391, 392). ↑
74
Infra, Chap. VI. p. 569. ↑
75
Infra, Chap. V. p. 241. ↑
76
Infra, Chap. VI. p. 575. ↑
77
Infra, Chap. VI. p. 568. ↑