Spectre Huntsman
Malay · deity · Malay traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Hunting spirit identified as Batara Guru by informants who supplied Skeat with charms. The account ascribes dangerous land-borne illness to him.
Relations
- identified in account: Batara GuruReported local or interpretive identification, not a transfer of family.Walter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)
Sources
- Hunting spirit identified as Batara Guru by informants who supplied Skeat with charms. The account ascribes dangerous land-borne illness to him.: Walter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)