The talking or messenger bird (bayeuen) appearing across multiple hikayats as a magical helper — carrying news of an abduction in the Hikayat Malem Diwa, turning out to be a disguised princess in the Hikayat Banta Ahmat, and identified with the talking mina bird (tiong) and the original bayan of Malay hikayats.
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Source
The Achehnese, Vol. II, by Dr. C. Snouck Hurgronje, translated by A.W.S. O’Sullivan, indexed by R.J. Wilkinson. Leyden: E.J. Brill, 1906.
The talking or messenger bird (bayeuen) appearing across multiple hikayats as a magical helper — carrying news of an abduction in the Hikayat Malem Diwa, turning out to be a disguised princess in the Hikayat Banta Ahmat, and identified with the talking mina bird (tiong) and the original bayan of Malay hikayats.
See Also
Source
The Achehnese, Vol. II, by Dr. C. Snouck Hurgronje, translated by A.W.S. O’Sullivan, indexed by R.J. Wilkinson. Leyden: E.J. Brill, 1906.