Orang Melanau khususnya yang masih 'liko' sangat percaya kepada benda-benda mistik yang berkaitan dengan alam ghaib. Hubungan dengan alam ghaib tidak dapat dipisahkan walaupun adanya asimilasi daripada agama Islam atau konsep keesaan Tuhan ataupun peranan modenisasi.
" To the Melanaus, the universe was made of a number of worlds, of which the middle one was the proper place for human beings. Each world was populated by various beings, and in the middle world human shared the environment with spirits, animals,vegetations and other humans, all of whom had their proper places in the world."
( S. Morris, 1976 :111)
Petikan daripada: Amalan Perubatan Kampung Masyarakat Melanau Di Kampung Tellian Ulu, Mukah, Sarawak oleh Ismail Mawi (Tesis - unpublished)
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