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332 NATURAL RELIGION AND FOLK-LORE part iii
the son of Somebody.^ Look upon that person as you would look upon
ashes, as you would look upon a swamp. Sitting, hate ! Sleeping,
hate ! Walking, hate ! Eating, hate ! Bathing, hate ! Drinking,
hate ! Come, shadow of Somebody. Until three days are past, hate to
look upon Somebody. Look upon me alone as surpassingly sweet, as if
you saw that which shone brightly in my face. Twelve days, when the
sun descends, let your soul descend together with it, and when the sun
rises, let the soul oi Somebody rise together with it.-
Another Hate-charm.
Shoots of Beruwang intermix with leaves of the Hate-plant. By faith and
sacrifice carry away the heart within with excessive hatred. Standing,
hate Somebody ! Walking, hate Somebody ! Sleeping, hate Somebody !
Speak not of mankind, when even grass, twigs, and trees altogether hate
to look upon Somebody ! May brightness descend upon my face. If the
night brighten, then indeed shall the face of Somebody brighten. But if
the night do not brighten, then shall not brighten the face of Somebody !
I make descend the oil of sweetness. I make to rise the invocation of
hatred. Hate ! all ye people, all mankind ! Descend ! O Sweetness of
Soviebody ! Rise ! O prayer of Hatred in the face of Somebody ! Hate
entirely, all ye things that breathe, to look upon the face of Somebody,
yea, to hear the voice of Somebody.'^
SPpLL FOR driving OUT THE MISCHIEF.
Hong ! Quake, O Mischief, quake ! I wish to cast down. I wish to strike.
Swerve to the left. Swerve to the right. I cast out the Mischief, quake.
The Elephant murmurs. The Elephant wallows on the opposite side of
the lake. The pot boils, the pan boils, on the opposite side of the point.
Swerve to the left, swerve to the right, swerve to thy wallow, Mischief of
this our Grandfather,-* I unloose the finger of my hand.
Another exorcising Charm.
My Grandfather's to
smell of water ;
me, mine to my Grandfather ;
my smell [be only the] smell
my smell [be only the]
of leaf ; my smell [be
only the] smell of earth ; my smell [be only the] smell of mud ! Through
eating this areca-nut mixture, I close thy nose, O Grandfather. If you
raise your hind foot, be your hind foot heavy ; if you raise your fore foot,
be your fore foot heavy, as [heavy as] if it were a split rock ; suspended,
as if it were a suspended water-jar. When this rock moves, then and
then only move thy feet, O Grandfather ! Move ye all together ! move, O
entrails ; receive ^
the hand and fingers of thy grandchild, O Grandfather !
Storm-quelling Charm.
Rafubotii; pL-rango'an batang! The Elephant gathers all in together. It
the Elephant should wallow, may it wallow on the opposite side of the
sea ! Withdraw to the right, withdraw to the left ! I break the
hurricane ^
!
' Here the name ot the person ^ Jbid. pp. 315, 316.
against whom the charm is directed * I.e. the Elephant,
should be mentioned by those who re- ^ J. I. A., vol. i. pp. 316, 317.
peat it. - /. /. A. vol. i. p. 315. 6 j^^^ p, 217.