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[SKEAT, Walter William] Malay Magic, Being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of the Malay Peninsula (Fine Binding)
[SKEAT, Walter William] Malay Magic, Being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of the Malay Peninsula (Fine Binding)
Preface by Charles Otto Blagden
London: Macmillan and Co., 1900. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 688 pages. Beautifully bound in half brown leather over marbled paper boards. Spine with 5 raised bands with compartments featuring title, date, and decorations. Marbled endpapers (matching boards). With numerous black and white illustrations and plates. Small scrape to marbled paper on front panel. A solid, very good or better copy.
This is Skeat’s monumental work which is a complete description of the folklore and magical rites of the people of the Malay peninsula. Includes a descriptive account of the supernatural beings that Malay villagers often had to deal with in their everyday lives, and the magical techniques that local magicians (pawang) used in order to conciliate or manipulate them. Numerous rituals are described in full including detailed studies of formulae, charms, invocations, chants, and more. Skeat dealt directly with the local populations while researching this exhaustive work, attending ceremonies and collecting artifacts, many of which are pictured.