Cobalt Issue 29 - Poison Apple
Poison Apple is a twist on your traditional fairytale, from the minds of creative University of Warwick students, it explores the dark and morbid interpretations of stories we know and love and the traditional troupes that come with the territory.
Poison Apple is a twist on your traditional fairytale, from the minds of creative University of Warwick students, it explores the dark and morbid interpretations of stories we know and love and the traditional troupes that come with the territory.
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I still remember the fire that burned my throat the very second I gulped the
poison apple. And even when I feel like I’m about to pass out a second after,
when I blink my eyes and realize that I just woke up in Maya’s body, I feel no
regrets at all.
Glossarium:
Santet: Santet in Indonesia Santet in English is identical to the word witchcraft,
which means "a form of sorcery, the magical manipulation of supernormal
forces through the casting of spells and conjuring or invoking of spirits, for
either good or bad purposes.
Semeton: Semeton literally means brother or sister in Balinese. Roughly
translated to “group of close people,” or family in Balinese. Used when referring
to someone who is related by blood but not from the same parents. If someone
is your ‘semeton,’ that someone could be your cousin.
I Gusti Ayu A first name for a woman descendant of kings who live in or
around the puri, which is the residence of their ancestors (Balinese nobility)
who ruled or served in the past.
Jabé: A non-royal family, a family that are descendants of the Sudras
(peasants)
Kadek: The first name that indicates that someone is the third child of a Jabé
famil
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