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

Chapter 134: [lxvi] Penggrun kapada Harimau atau Penggarang Hati [p. 168.
By Walter William Skeat
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A compilation of Malay Peninsula folklore, popular religion, and magical practices drawn from manuscripts, published sources, and the author's field notes, presenting creation myths, supernatural beings, charms, incantations, ritual practices, and folk explanations for illness and misfortune. The text emphasizes literal translations of spells and formulæ with originals in an appendix, confines attention to Malay communities of the peninsula, and compares recurring motifs while avoiding non-Malay populations. Methodological notes explain evidence and limits. The volume serves as an introductory survey that organizes material thematically—cosmology, spirit lore, protective and harmful magic, divination, and ritual observances—without claiming exhaustive treatment.

[lxvi] Penggrun kapada Harimau atau Penggarang Hati [p. 168.

Charm for fascinating a Tiger or hardening one’s own Heart

Ah Si Gempar ʿAlam

Gegak gempita!

Jarum besi akan ruma-ku,

Jarum tembaga akan ruma-ku,

Ular bisa akan janggut-ku,

Buaya akan tongkat [mulut]77-ku,

Harimau mendram di pengri78-ku,

Gajah mendring bunyi suara-ku,

Suara-ku saperti bunyi halunlintar!

Bibir terkatup, gigi terkunchi!79

Jikalau bergrak bumi dengan langit,

Bergrak-lah80 hati angkau

Handak marah atau handak membinasakan kapada aku!

Dengan berkat la ilaha, d.s.b.

(and add)

Kun paya kun chahia masok ka tuboh-ku!

Siapa chakap melawan aku

Singa pasih81 akan lawan-nya!

Ah, sagala yang bernyawa

Tiada-lah dapat menentang mata-ku,

Aku yang mendapat menentang mata-nya

Dengan berkat la ilaha, d.s.b.

For a Were-Tiger story the reader is referred to Clifford’s In Court and Kampong, pp. 66–77.

The idea is traceable, with a difference, as far back as A.D. 1416: a Chinese account of Malacca (in the Ying-yai Shêng-lan) relates, inter alia—“Sometimes there is a kind of tiger which assumes a human shape, comes to the town, and goes among the people; when it is recognised it is caught and killed.”

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