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Malay Magic / Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula — Walter William Skeat

Malay Magic / Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula

Walter William Skeat

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 879 pages

Malay Magic is a collection of essays from 1900 by Walter William Skeat, exploring the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula. It documents beliefs, charms, and customs of the region. Worth listening to for its careful observations and cultural insight.

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Original Title Page.
MALAY MAGIC
Publisher's monogram. MM&Co.
MALAY MAGIC

BEING
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
FOLKLORE AND POPULAR
RELIGION OF THE MALAY
PENINSULA
BY
WALTER WILLIAM SKEAT
OF THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE
FEDERATED MALAY STATES
WITH A PREFACE
BY
CHARLES OTTO BLAGDEN
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC
SOCIETY, AND FORMERLY OF THE

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS CIVIL SERVICE
London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1900
All rights reserved
TO
SIR CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH
KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER
OF
ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE
AND FORMERLY
GOVERNOR OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS

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Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. CONTENTS
  3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. CHAPTER I Nature
  5. CHAPTER II Man and his Place in the Universe
  6. CHAPTER III Relations with the Supernatural World
  7. CHAPTER IV The Malay Pantheon
  8. CHAPTER V Magic Rites connected with the Several Departments of Nature
  9. CHAPTER VI Magic Rites as affecting the Life of Man
  10. APPENDIX CHAPTER I NATURE
  11. CHAPTER II MAN AND HIS PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
  12. CHAPTER III RELATIONS WITH THE SUPERNATURAL WORLD
  13. CHAPTER IV THE MALAY PANTHEON
  14. CHAPTER V MAGIC RITES CONNECTED WITH THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF NATURE
  15. CHAPTER VI MAGIC RITES AS AFFECTING THE LIFE OF MAN
  16. NOTE ON THE WORD KRAMAT
  17. LIST OF CHIEF AUTHORITIES QUOTED
  18. INDEX
  19. MESSRS. MACMILLAN AND CO.’S BOOKS ON ANTHROPOLOGY AND FOLK-LORE.
  20. Colophon
  21. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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