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

Chapter 337: [cclxvi] Buatan orang
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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.

[cclxvi] Buatan orang

Ini fasal gambar membuat orang tiada baik. Maka di-buat gambar orang mati lilin sambang panjang-nya satu tapak. Jikalau handak buat sakit di-tikam-nya di mata-nya [mata-nya] buta, di-tikam di pinggang sakit [pinggang], di-tikam di kapala, sakit kapala, di-tikam di dada, sakit dada.

Jikalau handak membunoh di-tikam deri kapala di-lantas ka ponggong-nya, penikam-nya segar kabong, kemdian di-kapankan itu gambar saperti orang mati, bharu di-sembahyangkan saperti sembahyang orang mati, kemdian di-tanamkan di tengah jalan tempat orang yang kita handak buat, supaya buleh di-langkah-nya.

Ini fasal handak tanam itu gambar.

Al-salam ʿaleikum, hei! Nabi Tap yang memegang bumi,

Aku ini bertanamkan maiat Si Anu:

Aku di-suroh Nabi Muhammad,

Sebab ia96 derhaka kapada Allah.

Angkau buleh tolong bunohkan atau sakitkan:

Jika tidak sakitkan, atau angkau bunohkan,

Derhaka angkau kapada Allah,

Derhaka angkau kapada Muhammad:

Bukan-nya aku yang bertanam, Jibrail yang bertanam

Angkau kabulkan juga pinta-pinta kami, ari bekari ini juga

Kabul berkat aku meminta didalam kandang kalimah la-ilaha, d.s.b.