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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 1 (of 3)

Note 2 — How a Yakā and a Man fought

H. (Henry) Parker translation

Well then, the two men having uttered and uttered spells, with pain lifting up [and carrying] that man, came to the village. Having come there, and summoned a Yaksa Vedarāla2 to restore the man to consciousness, when he arrived they showed him this man. Then the Yaksa Vedarāla told them to warm a large pot of water. So they warmed the water. After that, having bathed the man, and having uttered spells, after the Vedarāla had tied protective written spells and diagrams3 on him the man became conscious.

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