GHABMS AND AMULETS 



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Sang Mabok is the Dame of thy gunpowder, 

 Great Dragon ^ is the name of thy bullet, 

 JaJu Palah is the name of thy voice. 



liO I I am Radi?i Aria Misan Sekw, thy son of this terraqaeous 

 globe. 



This particular talisman can be obtained from a 

 homor ; it is worn round the waist and firmly believed in 

 by some Kelantan people. The magic rests iri the 

 charm, not in the honor. The story connected with it 

 shows that the bomor knows exactly the origin of the 

 influences at work and everything bearing upon them. 

 This is one of his main ideas when practising magic and 

 the Black Art. " Once on a time a certain king of Java 

 was preparing for the circumcision of Ms son, and ordered 

 his ministers to procure a cannon to be fired at the 

 ceremony. A little prince, called Rodin Aria Misan 

 Sekar, was playing with the king's son at the time, and 

 overheard the royal command. He went straight to 

 the king and said he would find the cannon. The king 

 said : ' Find the cannon in seven days and you shall be 

 a Minister to the Crown Prince ; if you fail I shall kill 

 you,' The little prince SSkar agreed to this and went 

 to his home. When his father and mother knew about 

 it, they were very sorry to think that their son would 

 soon be killed. They set out for a certain cave, telling 

 him to come in seven days' time. In the cave they 

 fasted and prayed in silence that they might be turned 

 into cannon so that their son might Hve. On the 

 seventh day they became cannon. When the little 

 prince found them he went at once to tell the king that 

 the two cannon were ready. The king ordered a 

 number of men to go and bring the cannon from the 

 cave, but they came back to say that they could not lift 

 them. Whereupon the king ordered the Httle boy to 

 bring them and threatened to kill him if he should fail. 



* Naga Umbang. Tbe great sea-sorpent, the monstroui dragon of the sea. 



