[132] Sambu Agak, Sambu Agai: in other charms “Jambu Rakai” is given, which evidently corresponds to “Sambu Agai,” and is the name given to the human being who, according to what must undoubtedly be the older (pre-Muhammadan) legend, was metamorphosed into the crocodile. The story which makes the first crocodile a plaything into which Muhammad’s daughter Fatimah gave life, must at any rate in that respect be much modified by Muhammadan ideas, but there are indications here which seem to point to the interweaving of two separate stories (v. supra). [↑]
[133] Em. Kalimu ’llah, the special title of Moses. [↑]
CHAPTER VI
MAGIC RITES AS AFFECTING THE LIFE OF MAN
Birth-Spirits
[cxli] Langsuir Charm [Chap. vi. p. [326].
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