Resource File:
Abstract:
This paper describes four kinds of stones: bezoars, mustika pearls, snakestones, and thunderstones. All are unusual in regard to their actual or supposed origin, and some have mystical powers ascribed to them.
Series:
Sulang Language Data and Working Papers: Topics in Lexicography
Series Number:
012
Publisher:
Sulawesi Language Alliance
Year Published:
2014
Publication Language(s):
English
Contributor(s):
Mead, David
author
Table of Contents:
Bezoars; Mustika pearls; Snakestones; Thunderstones; References;
Version History:
Version 2 [10 August 2014] Quotations added to each section. Version 1 [11 May 2013] This paper first circulated June 2008; revised May 2010; further revised for publication May 2013.
Copyright:
© 2008–2014 by David Mead
License:
All Rights Reserved