medical(Bomors), 409 –455;
theatrical, 504 –512;
power over the soul, 568 –578
Mahameru, Mount, 2
Maize, rules for planting, 217
Malacca cane, ideas about the, 199 –201
Mambang (inferior deities), 85 , 88 (note), 91 –93
Man, in the moon, 13 ;
creation of, 16 –22;
sanctity of the body of, 23 –46;
the soul of, 47 –49;
plurality of souls in, 50 , 411 , 454 , 578
Marking the body, a protection against evil influences, 336
Marriage, customs and ceremonies at, 368 –396;
decorations, 369 –373;
accessories, 373 , 374 ;
finger-staining at, 375 –377;
costumes, 378 , 379 ;
ceremonial rice used at, 379 , 380 , 383 ;
lustrations at, 380 , 385 –388;
mimic conflict at, 381 , 382 ;
sitting in state at, 383 , 384 ;
royal character of the married pair, 388 ;
accounts of two weddings, 388 –394;
forcible abduction with a view to, 394 –396
Maswara (Maheswara), 86 (note), 545 , 546
Ma’yong, invocations and ceremonies used when opening site for a, 504 –512;
tunes, 513 ;
instruments and costumes, 518
Medicine, 346 , 347 , 408 –457;