Note 704 — Chapter III · SYMPATHETIC MAGIC (continued 4)
Reading edition
M. Joustra, “Het leven, de zeden en gewoonten der Bataks,” Mededeelingen van wege het Nederlandsche Zendelinggenootschap, xlvi. (1902) pp. 407 sq. The transferable soul is in Batta tendi, in Malay sumangat. Mr. Joustra thinks that the placenta is, in the opinion of the Battas, the original seat of this soul.