“Natives maintain that they are an almost infallible medicine in cases of chest or bowel complaints, but their principal value is founded on their reputed virtue as a powerful aphrodisiac. To operate in this way one is worn on the navel tied up in a piece of cloth, or water in which one has been soaked is drunk.”—F. Kehding on Siak (Sumatra) in J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 17, pp. 153–4. [↑]
[277] J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 9, p. 24 n. As to Paujangi (Pauh Janggi) vide pp. 6–9, supra. [↑]
[278] Vide [Chapter IV.] supra. [↑]
[279] For the charm used at the insertion of the twigs, vide App. [cxxii]. [↑]
[281] J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 9, p. 26. [↑]
[282] This recalls the account in Northern mythology of the four rivers which are said to flow from the teats of the cow Audhumla.
In a great many Malay myths the colour white is an all-important feature. In this legend we have the white Semang and the white river. In others white animals and white birds are introduced. [↑]