Conceptual understanding of myths and legends in Malay history

Malay historical texts are also rich in the mythical and legendary stories. Unfortunately, many scholars who study the content of the texts have always misunderstood them. In their study, they specify on the superficial aspects, instead of functional and historical aspects of the mythical and leg...

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Main Author: Hussain Othman
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2008
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1118/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1118/1/Conceptual_Understanding_of_Myths_and_Legends_in_Malay_History.pdf
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description Malay historical texts are also rich in the mythical and legendary stories. Unfortunately, many scholars who study the content of the texts have always misunderstood them. In their study, they specify on the superficial aspects, instead of functional and historical aspects of the mythical and legendary stories. It is the purpose of this paper to explore my conceptual understanding of mythological and legendary stories in the Malay classical historical texts to prove that there are indeed historical truth embedded within these stories. To do that, Sejarah Melayu, Hikayat Raja-raja Pasai and Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa are selected
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spelling ukm-11182016-12-14T06:28:52Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1118/ Conceptual understanding of myths and legends in Malay history Hussain Othman, Malay historical texts are also rich in the mythical and legendary stories. Unfortunately, many scholars who study the content of the texts have always misunderstood them. In their study, they specify on the superficial aspects, instead of functional and historical aspects of the mythical and legendary stories. It is the purpose of this paper to explore my conceptual understanding of mythological and legendary stories in the Malay classical historical texts to prove that there are indeed historical truth embedded within these stories. To do that, Sejarah Melayu, Hikayat Raja-raja Pasai and Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa are selected Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1118/1/Conceptual_Understanding_of_Myths_and_Legends_in_Malay_History.pdf Hussain Othman, (2008) Conceptual understanding of myths and legends in Malay history. SARI: Jurnal Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, 26 . pp. 91-110. ISSN 0127-2721 http://www.ukm.my/sari/index.html
spellingShingle Hussain Othman,
Conceptual understanding of myths and legends in Malay history
title Conceptual understanding of myths and legends in Malay history
title_full Conceptual understanding of myths and legends in Malay history
title_fullStr Conceptual understanding of myths and legends in Malay history
title_full_unstemmed Conceptual understanding of myths and legends in Malay history
title_short Conceptual understanding of myths and legends in Malay history
title_sort conceptual understanding of myths and legends in malay history
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1118/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1118/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1118/1/Conceptual_Understanding_of_Myths_and_Legends_in_Malay_History.pdf