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

by Walter William Skeat

In Plate 26, Fig.1,
1–5	brown (? red).
6–10	yellow.
11–15	white.
16–20	black.
21–25	white.
and in another figure,
1–5	white.
6–10	black (red is substituted by mistake in No.9).
11–15	red.
16–20	blue (17 is made black by mistake).
21–25	yellow.

And in the matter of the order of the Five Deities we find:—

In Plate 26, Fig. 1,		and in another figure,
1–5	Brahma (Brahma).	1–5	Bĕsri (S’ri).
6–10	Bisnu (Vishnu).	6–10	Kala.
11–15	Maswara (Maheswara).	11–16	Maswara (Maheswara).
16–20	S’ri (17 is called Kala bymistake).[244]	16–20	Bisnu (Vishnu).
21–25	Kala (23 and 24 are calledS’ri by mistake).	21–25	Brahma.

And yet another 5-square containing the names of Deities (Pl. 26, Fig. 2) is composed as follows:—

1–5	Bisnu (Vishnu).
6–10	Brahma.
11–15	Maswara (Maheswara).
16–20
21–25

From Pl. 26, Fig. 2, it would appear that this form of the 5-square is used to ascertain the best time of day to commence an operation, e.g. to start on a journey.

Plate 26.—Fig 1. Diagrams.

A set of diagrams corresponding to preceding, and used in the same manner, the whole forming an entire set of diagrams alleged to have been formerly used by Selangor pirates before setting out on a piratical excursion.