Plays, theatrical, 503 –521
Poisons, charms against, 424 –427, 449 , 450
Polong (familiar spirit), 329
Pontianak (demon), 327
Porpoise, origin of the, 308 , 309
Potatoes, sweet, time for planting, 217
Prayer, 71 , 72
Pregnancy, precautions taken during, 344 –346, 348 –352
Prerogatives, royal, 23 , 24 , 27 , 33 –36, 38 –42, 215 (note), 277
Price, customary, sanctioned by taboo, 58 , 59
Princes and princesses, development of, in bamboo, 16 –18
Princess, legendary, of Mt. Ophir and Jugra Hill, 71 , 82 (note), 158 (note), 163 –166, 363 ;
elephant, 151 –153;
Telan, 185 –187.
Prohibitions, see Taboos
Prophets, 98 , 99
Pusat tasek, see Navel of the sea
Python, ideas about the, 302 , 303
Rain, origin of, 4 ;
charm to produce, 108 ;
charm against excessive, 109 ;
announced by the note of a mythical bird, 110