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Malay Magic: Being An Introduction To The Folklore And Popular Religion Of The Malay Peninsula
Malay Being An Introduction To The Folklore And Popular Religion Of The Malay Peninsula is a book written by Walter William Skeat. The book provides an in-depth introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula, which is located in Southeast Asia. The author has done extensive research on Malay magic, and the book is a result of his findings. The book covers topics such as the beliefs and practices of the Malays, the various types of magic, the role of shamans, and the use of talismans and amulets. The author also discusses the influence of Islam on Malay magic and how it has changed over time. The book is written in a scholarly and informative tone and is an excellent resource for those interested in the history and culture of the Malay Peninsula. Overall, Malay Magic is a comprehensive and well-researched book that provides a fascinating insight into the world of Malay magic and popular religion.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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740 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1900
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Walter W. Skeat
515 books15 followersWalter William Skeat, English philologist, educated at King's College School (Wimbledon), Highgate School, and Christ's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in July 1860. The noted palaeographer T. C. Skeat was his grandson.
In 1878 he was elected Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge. He completed Mitchell Kemble's edition of the Anglo-Saxon Gospels, and did much other work both in Anglo-Saxon and in Gothic, but is perhaps most generally known for his labours in Middle English, and for his standard editions of Chaucer and Langland's Piers Plowman.
As he himself generously declared, he was at first mainly guided in the study of Chaucer by Henry Bradshaw, with whom he was to have participated in the edition of Chaucer planned in 1870 by the University of Oxford, having declined in Bradshaw's favour an offer of the editorship made to himself. Bradshaw's perseverance was not equal to his genius, and the scheme came to nothing for the time, but was eventually resumed and carried into effect by Skeat in an edition of six volumes (1894), a supplementary volume of Chaucerian Pieces being published in 1897. He also issued an edition of Chaucer in one volume for general readers, and a separate edition of his Treatise on the Astrolabe, with a learned commentary.
His edition of Piers Plowman in three parallel texts was published in 1886; and, besides the Treatise on the Astrolabe, he edited numerous books for the Early English Text Society, including the Bruce of John Barbour, Pierce the Ploughman's Crede, the romances of Havelok the Dane and William of Palerne, and Ælfric's Lives of the Saints (4 vols.). For the Scottish Text Society he edited The Kingis Quair, usually ascribed to James I of Scotland, and he published an edition (2 vols., 1871) of Chatterton, with an investigation of the sources of the obsolete words employed by him.
He is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.
In 1878 he was elected Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge. He completed Mitchell Kemble's edition of the Anglo-Saxon Gospels, and did much other work both in Anglo-Saxon and in Gothic, but is perhaps most generally known for his labours in Middle English, and for his standard editions of Chaucer and Langland's Piers Plowman.
As he himself generously declared, he was at first mainly guided in the study of Chaucer by Henry Bradshaw, with whom he was to have participated in the edition of Chaucer planned in 1870 by the University of Oxford, having declined in Bradshaw's favour an offer of the editorship made to himself. Bradshaw's perseverance was not equal to his genius, and the scheme came to nothing for the time, but was eventually resumed and carried into effect by Skeat in an edition of six volumes (1894), a supplementary volume of Chaucerian Pieces being published in 1897. He also issued an edition of Chaucer in one volume for general readers, and a separate edition of his Treatise on the Astrolabe, with a learned commentary.
His edition of Piers Plowman in three parallel texts was published in 1886; and, besides the Treatise on the Astrolabe, he edited numerous books for the Early English Text Society, including the Bruce of John Barbour, Pierce the Ploughman's Crede, the romances of Havelok the Dane and William of Palerne, and Ælfric's Lives of the Saints (4 vols.). For the Scottish Text Society he edited The Kingis Quair, usually ascribed to James I of Scotland, and he published an edition (2 vols., 1871) of Chatterton, with an investigation of the sources of the obsolete words employed by him.
He is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.
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January 30, 2018
Take a long time to finish it.
Now I ada ilmu hitam boleh panggil pontianak MWAHAHAHA. #sarcasm
Now I ada ilmu hitam boleh panggil pontianak MWAHAHAHA. #sarcasm
October 22, 2021
Stumbled upon this rare book which has written with attention details of magic in Malay World. Amazed with the author’s work!
Siap dgn jampi serapah dia bagi. 😅
Siap dgn jampi serapah dia bagi. 😅
July 1, 2020
I heard some of the myths when I was a child. Never thought those were so prevelent hundreds years ago! Now most of them are forgotten.
Felt bad for Selema, she had to gone through nonsense aftebirth ‘treatment’ that almost took her life. I’m glad those became the time of past.
However in this ‘modern’ society Malay are not all-free from bullshits. We gave up our authentic beliefs and culture just to opt another superstitions from Arabian desert.
Felt bad for Selema, she had to gone through nonsense aftebirth ‘treatment’ that almost took her life. I’m glad those became the time of past.
However in this ‘modern’ society Malay are not all-free from bullshits. We gave up our authentic beliefs and culture just to opt another superstitions from Arabian desert.
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