Malaysia · Folktales and oral traditions
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Malaysia
- Tales
- 1
- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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Walter W. Skeat’s Malay Magic records a brief mouse-deer story alongside fire-making practices on the Malay Peninsula. It explains why words spoken while making fire by rubbing bamboo mention a forest animal and a bird. The Atlas date of 1900 refers to the book’s publication.
Tales in the Atlas
The Mouse-deer and Its Mother-in-law
1900 · Walter W. Skeat · Malay Magic
Tales found across countries
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