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Old 1st February 2013, 04:57 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by WalayaSeno
...what I have read is that the "Tuah" of the Keris with this unique pamor is very picky and if the owner of the Keris with this pamor doesn't match up the result will be undesirable is this rumour true? Does anyone here own Keris with pamor Buntel Mayit can share their experiences here? Many thanks.
Buntel Mayit and Buntel Mayat have two distinctly different meanings. The first means something like "corpse wrapping" while the second means "slanted wrapping". Many people hold to the first spelling and i believe use that as a indication that there is some "danger" (corpse) involved with the ownership of a keris with this pamor, especially if one does not meet some specific personality requirements for ownership. But there is also a school of thought that sees "Mayit" as a mistaken transposition with "Mayat", which simply means "slanted" and perfectly describes the pamor. Of course, it make for a far more interesting story if the meaning of this pamor is "corpse wrapping" and we can let our imaginations run wild with what one might expect from such a pamor on the magickal/mystical side of the keris coin. Personally i find it is best to take all these stories about keris lore with a rather large grain of salt.
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