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Overview
Hantu Songkei interferes with animal traps and bird snares in Skeat’s Malay Magic. The spirit has a very long nose and eye sockets extending sideways, allowing it to see around itself. Its body is invisible below the breast.
The associated charm addresses a grandson of the spectral huntsman and describes a dwelling through forest materials: tree buttresses, areca, foliage and cane. Skeat interprets the name through a word for loosening knots and limits the interference to rope traps and snares. That etymology is his explanation; the observed text gives the spirit a defined place in trapping practice.
Origins & earliest records
Malay spirit traditions; named regional witness
Records & interpretation
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Selected bibliography
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Malay Magic
ChapterIV, pp.104–105 and note61; date belongs to identified edition/object, not tradition origin.
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Primary records and illustrations
Malay Magic
Malay spirit traditions. ChapterIV, pp.104–105 and note61
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References
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- Historical primary collector accountMalay Magic — ChapterIV, pp.104–105 and note61Research access: 2026-10-05
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