Singapore: Horizon Books, 2004. First edition. Paperback. New. New. Modder, a veteran Singapore writer, gives us a juicy collection of stories about the Malay version of Dracula, the beguiling and deadly Pontianak. Sometimes known as "the beautiful killers from hell" the pontianak, thought to be spirits of women who have died in childbirth, have in modern times apparently left their haunts in the jungles to transform themselves into fashion models and pop stars. Read this 140 page book with a go... more information

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New. Skeat, one of the leading ethnographers working in Malaya in the late 19th and early 20th centuries specialised in writing lengthy works about what he unearthed at a time when there was very little written in English about the country's folklore and superstition. This work arisises from both his own field research and his reading of prvious literature mainly in Malay and Arabic. His field work was concentrated in the state of Selangor. Chapters include I - Nature, II - Man and His Place in the Univ... more information

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Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1961. 1982 Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. Winstedt, perhaps the leading British scholar of Malay culture in the 20th century, sets down in this treatise his understanding of how Malay popular religion worked in the first half of the century. He explains how and why this ritual practice, grounded in animism and Hinduism, survives and retains its vitality in a predominantly Muslim society. This edition was enlarged and revised in 1960 and has been a classic since it wa... more information

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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic . Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Skeat, one of the leading ethnographers working in Malaya in the late 19th and early 20th centuries specialised in writing lengthy works about what he unearthed at a time when there was very little written in English about the country's folklore and traditional culture. This work arisises from both his own field research and his reading of prvious literature mainly in Malay and Arabic. His field work was concentrated ... more information

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