Note 95 — Chapter III · DISEASE DEITIES.
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Once upon a time, when there was an outbreak of cholera in a certain village, a bāvā (recluse) happened to arrive on the scene. He caught two rams, made them move in a circle, and left them in the burning ground, where they died, the epidemic disappearing with their death. Hence a belief gained ground that an epidemic of cholera can be expelled by passing it on to two rams or goats.95