White Genie
Malay · deity · Malay traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Protective White Genie, called brother of the Black Genie in Skeat’s account. Alternative narratives derive him from blood falling from Habil and Kabil or from Sakatimuna’s eyes.
Children in alternative accounts
- Bintang Sutan: Skeat: named fatherWalter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)
- Pari Lang: Skeat: named fatherWalter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)
- Tanjak Malim Kaya: Skeat: named fatherWalter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)
Variant accounts
- Alternative non-biological originsBlood from Habil and Kabil’s bitten thumbs and material from Sakatimuna’s eyes are separate origin narratives. Neither supplies a biological parental pair.Walter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)
Relations
- father of: Tanjak Malim KayaWalter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)
- father of: Pari LangWalter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)
- father of: Bintang SutanWalter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)
- sibling: Sang Gala RajaWalter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)
- manifested from: SakatimunaAlternative eye-origin narrative; not biological parentage.Walter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)
Sources
- Protective White Genie, called brother of the Black Genie in Skeat’s account. Alternative narratives derive him from blood falling from Habil and Kabil or from Sakatimuna’s eyes.: Walter W. Skeat, Malay Magic (1900), pp.85–96: greater gods, sea-spirit family and black/white genii (secondary)