Kalis / Kris / Keris Sundang / Solot / Sulok / Suluk:

A. G. Maisey · 20th June 2018, 12:30 AM

Jose, if the people who own this little piece of culture are anything like a number of other cultures in SE Asia, just maybe this "fantastic bird" --- or whatever --- does not really refer to any sort of bird at all, it might mean, or refer to something that is completely hidden from all but the people who were entitled to hold that knowledge.

Consider the position of birds in general, and some birds in particular in the belief systems of peoples indigenous to Maritime SE Asia.

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20th June 2018, 12:30 AM	#28
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,015	Jose, if the people who own this little piece of culture are anything like a number of other cultures in SE Asia, just maybe this "fantastic bird" --- or whatever --- does not really refer to any sort of bird at all, it might mean, or refer to something that is completely hidden from all but the people who were entitled to hold that knowledge. Consider the position of birds in general, and some birds in particular in the belief systems of peoples indigenous to Maritime SE Asia.