Yakkun nattannaw: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the Ceylon system of demonology; to which is appended, The practices of a Capua or devil priest; as described by a Budhist and Klan nattannaw: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the characters assumed by natives of Ceylon in a masqueradeTranslated by John Callaway . ashamed. 26. Thou female Devil, who acceptest the offeringsat the place where three ways meet, thou causest thepeople to be sick by looking upon them at the placewhere four ways join together. Take away the dread-ful sickness and grievances which have been so come now thou
Yakkun nattannaw: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the Ceylon system of demonology; to which is appended, The practices of a Capua or devil priest; as described by a Budhist and Klan nattannaw: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the characters assumed by natives of Ceylon in a masqueradeTranslated by John Callaway . ashamed. 26. Thou female Devil, who acceptest the offeringsat the place where three ways meet, thou causest thepeople to be sick by looking upon them at the placewhere four ways join together. Take away the dread-ful sickness and grievances which have been so come now thou great Black Female Devil to the per-formance and offerings! 27. The streets of Black Samy will appear, and thepools will appear contiguous to the streets. She willcome after having played in the water of the sevenpools. O thou Black STniiij, take away the sicknessthou hast caused! 28. The cloths shine in which she was dressed. Thesick person has no [refreshing] sleep by night by rea-son of dreams. She dresses with chaplets of , thou gicklii-brained Queen! 29. The cloth is put on with trimming. The hairis tied with a garland. Sugar, jaggery, and the juiceof sugar-cane are fully prepared. Why does not BlackSamy come to-day ? • See the accompanying plate of the Black. Princely Dcvii. lense 2^ ^/.TVaAfrr^tLiiAir^. TrOAjiaiuin,Fun/i. YAKKUX NATTANNA^\^\. 5 30. Having previously seen the power of Budha, hefrightens the people a great way off by looking atthem. Come, thou sanguinary Devil, through the powerof the god Saman. 31. Saman previously received power from seers andfrom Maha Bamboo. All the devils received powerfrom every god. Come, thou Devil,—but you have nopermission to touch the neck. 32. As it was said formerly by Budha in his doctrine,and as power was given by Maha Bamboo over thegolden breast, you have power to play on my thou to my breast for sanguinary play. 33. The god called Mangirre will appear at a dis-tance like a flas
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