I remember hearing a story from Dungun about how a car that fell off a bridge could not be found until a shaman waded into the crocodile filled waters and appeased the local crocodile spirit.
@ubi@juergen_hubert@raymccarthy@germany@folklore@rorystarr I second that Ubi! Let’s not forget the crocodile shamans in Sarawak who tracked down Bujang Senang (Easygoing Bachelor) the huge saltwater croc famous in the 90s that was terrorising the longhouses.
@Ellirahim @juergen_hubert @raymccarthy @germany @folklore @rorystarr There are plenty of crocodile spirits and shamans in Malaysia though.
I remember hearing a story from Dungun about how a car that fell off a bridge could not be found until a shaman waded into the crocodile filled waters and appeased the local crocodile spirit.
The Mah Meri also have a moyang buaya.
@ubi @juergen_hubert @raymccarthy @germany @folklore @rorystarr I second that Ubi! Let’s not forget the crocodile shamans in Sarawak who tracked down Bujang Senang (Easygoing Bachelor) the huge saltwater croc famous in the 90s that was terrorising the longhouses.
@Ellirahim @juergen_hubert @raymccarthy @germany @folklore @rorystarr Everything in Malaysia has a spirit. Animism is deeply entrenched in our society. A lot of Malay rituals are based on some form of interactions with the spirit.
There were even sea spirits that we have to appease.
https://ms.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesta_Puja_Pantai