[8] C. O. Blagden in J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 29, pp. 4, 5. [↑]

[9] J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 2, p. 236. [↑]

[10] Selangor Journal, vol. ii. No. 6, p. 90, seqq. [↑]

[11] Ibid. vol. v. No. 19, p. 308. [↑]

[12] Infra, Chap. V. pp. 153, 163. [↑]

[13] The local Malacca tradition represents her as still haunting her original seat. She is said to appear sometimes in the shape of an old woman with a cat, sometimes as a young and beautiful girl dressed in silk. She can transform her cat into a tiger if people molest her. J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 24, pp. 165, 166; No. 32, pp. 213, 214. [↑]

[14] Tylor, Prim. Cult. vol. ii. p. 340. [↑]

[15] Tylor, Prim. Cult. vol. ii. p. 341. [↑]

[16] Vide supra, Chap. II. p. 42. [↑]

[17] Zabur is the Arabic for “psalm,” especially for the Psalms of David; but the connection here is not very obvious. [↑]