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

Chapter 330: [cclix] End of a Treatise on Omens drawn from Lightning

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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.

[cclix] End of a Treatise on Omens drawn from Lightning

Bab jika pada hari Sabtu halilintar memblah (?), neschaya akan bertambah kabesaran raja dalam negri itu: jika pagi hari ia memblah, ʿalamat musoh akan datang; jika tengah hari ia memblah, ʿalamat tiada mufakat isi negri itu; jika waktu ʿasr halilintar memblah, ʿalamat tiga perkara akan datang, suatu sampar dan ka-dua kapar (?) ka-tiga orang dalam negri itu handak berbunohan sama sendiri-nya tetapi handak-lah membri derma akan sagala fakir miskin supaya terplehera orang [deri-]pada kajahatan itu: wa’llahu aʿlam: tamat.