A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s6.37

v1.c8.s6.37

³ The Malays of Indonesia still to-day call the small wooden board in which the fire drill is turned, "mother" or "woman," while the twirling-stick itself is called "man." The ancient Arabs, too, had two sticks for producing fire by friction, one of which was conceived as female, and the other as male.