Beschreibung:
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 Malayan-speaking 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.