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Skeat, W.W., 1900. Malay magic, being an introduction on the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula. London, MacMillan and Co, pp. i-xiv, 1-685
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular |
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Value - Related to Horn |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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Malaysia. The tiger, elephant and rhinoceros were not mere brutes to be attacked and destroyed. The immense advantages which their strength and bulk gave them over the feebly-armed savage of the most primitive tribes naturally suggested the possession of supernatural powers; and propitiation, not force, was the system by which it was hoped to repel them.
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