Maya (image) in indigenous Riau world-view: A forgotten concept of Malayan animist thought and ritual practice

© Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The early literature on Malay animism and magic includes a passing reference to a concept called maya. This reference is hardly noticeable in the literature, and when Kirk Endicott wrote his Malay Magic, he omitted the word altogether. In this article...

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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-445632018-04-25T07:52:22Z Maya (image) in indigenous Riau world-view: A forgotten concept of Malayan animist thought and ritual practice Nathan Porath Agricultural and Biological Sciences © Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The early literature on Malay animism and magic includes a passing reference to a concept called maya. This reference is hardly noticeable in the literature, and when Kirk Endicott wrote his Malay Magic, he omitted the word altogether. In this article the author uses ethnographic material from the Malayanspeaking Orang Sakai of Riau to examine the concept of maya (image) as it relates to a 'lifeless soul' inherent in material objects, giving physical objects vitality of form, appearance and use. 2018-01-24T04:44:49Z 2018-01-24T04:44:49Z 2015-01-01 Journal 21804338 01267353 2-s2.0-84958982323 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84958982323&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/44563
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Maya (image) in indigenous Riau world-view: A forgotten concept of Malayan animist thought and ritual practice
description © Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The early literature on Malay animism and magic includes a passing reference to a concept called maya. This reference is hardly noticeable in the literature, and when Kirk Endicott wrote his Malay Magic, he omitted the word altogether. In this article the author uses ethnographic material from the Malayanspeaking Orang Sakai of Riau to examine the concept of maya (image) as it relates to a 'lifeless soul' inherent in material objects, giving physical objects vitality of form, appearance and use.
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title_short Maya (image) in indigenous Riau world-view: A forgotten concept of Malayan animist thought and ritual practice
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