Poisoning, sorcery and healing rituals in Negeri Sembilan

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ID2848492
AutoresMichael J Peletz (1. [email protected], autor de correspondencia)
Año1988
Volumen144
Número1
Páginas132-164
Fecha de publicación1988-01-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/22134379-90003310
OpenAlexW1971621479
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas24

NEGERI SEMBILAN' 'AlaVd-din [the Sultan of Malacca from about 1477-1488] died in the prime of life, probably before the age of thirty, and it was soon rumored among his subjects that he had been poisoned.This was the normal assumption in the Malay world when a man died young.The pious might say that an allotted span in the Book of Life had been rubbed out, but the common man tended to be more concerned with the instrument of fate, and in the absence of keris or spear, could only assume poison.'P. Wheatley(1964:151) 'A person entering a Malay home is generally presented with a green cocoa-nut and a little coarse sugar . . .The young cocoa-nut is opened with the ever ready parang, always in the presence of the person to whom it is offered, to ensure its juice not having been poisoned or charmed

Ancient history · Art · Life span · Malay · Asian Studies and History · Classics · Education and Islamic Studies · History · Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Gerontology

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