Jawait

The Bateg god who greets the souls of dead shamans. Jawait lives below the clouds and makes thunder. He has a long beard. His wife is Lai-oid.

At Lata Lang (Cheka River) he is considered to meet all the dead with games, food, and flowers. At Pahang he is a sky god, husband of Geles.

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References

Sources

  • Evans, Ivor H. N. (1937). The Negritos of Malaya. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 146, 262.
  • Pettazonni, Raffaele. (1956). The All-Knowing God, trans. H. J. Rose. London: Methuen, p. 326.