who has lived for sixteen years as a hermit, place this threefold disaster; first the mule with its precious. load, then the lama with his precious life, and finally the servant with the two horses. However, the story really begins at this point.
A Sad Transformation The Tama now accomplished the object for which he was incarnated, amely,, he" became a. Gehngen Howercr, in tile connection the Mord isa waed at a vache t0!
ointy whose one and only ele' ata ere, maligonnt el iis into return evil for evil 'The eud permit, and yellow' Ineatbation, and drowned lama, "now was in a position to avenge himself on briner enesiien. Assisted by hi servant, he made the waters is abode and from there worked is destruction. Strange sounds were heard coming from the rivers and those who were attracted by them immediately were pulled in and drowned. Strange lights were teen coming from the rivers and those who were attracted by them suddenly were drawn in and drown. ed. Strange persons were seen coming from the rivers and those who were attracted by them were decoyed in and drowned: The coun. try was filled with strange sounds and sights and the inhabitants were at their wits' end what to do. Lamas were called from far and near, prayers were offered day and night, and everything was done to) get rid of the awful calamity which Fad taken a terrible hold of the district. Long processions could seen marching down the valleys; peculiar sights were witnessed during the darks hours of night; weird noises would proceed from nowhere.
The people, instead of becoming accustomed to these more an more terrified. Something must be done. The demon was playing with them, tormenting them, and destroying them, and the story says that one day he destroyed one thousand persons. In their distress, they appealed to Wambar-Dalha, the famous horse-god belonging to the black religion. Wambar saw at once the dreadful havoc caused by the Gehnyen, £0, being a more powerful deity, called him fore him. The Gehnyen and his servant immediately appeared be-1 fore the Lorse-od. Questioned by Wambar as to the reason for all this destruction, Gehnyen went over his life story.' "The evil rumour circulated by this'people," he said, yas the cause of all the distress:
As Wambar had been invited to use his good services, he bagred the Gehnyen to have mercy on the innocent whom he was destroying with the guilty. To accomplish his purpose, Wambar suggested the following plan to the Gehnyen:—Do-stroy those who persist in maligning you, but spare and bless thata who offer you their homage and sacrifice." To this he readily agreed.
Wambar now wrote a two-page book to educate the people in the prop of the Gehnyen. In the introduction, the destroying spin was fully described: he was mounted on a black horse, from the ight of his girdle hung his bow, and from the left hiv-arrows. His hands were held in the attitude of shooting an arrow, Ie was described as having fiery red hair. His black horse was accompanied by four attenda~ ents: on his right there was a god, in front of the horse there was a serpent, on the left there was a demon, and behind the horse there was his yuen. From this deseription there was no mistaking this evil spirit. Then followed in detail the nature of the offerings to be presented to the Gehnyen. If the things described really had been offered, the wealth of the world very soon would have been at the feet of this tormenting demon. However, good deal of the offerings were made in spirit.
Gehnyen continued to harass the district, but it was only in a circumscribed way. Wambor had told the Gehnyen that, if he was mereiful, he would become a Sangje, the highest attainment Strange visitors continued to the valleys and alarm the inhabi ants, One day, the district was visited by a charming young lama with a history somewhat akin to Melchizado's, and he was followed some days later by the appearance of a beautiful young woman, Poople looked at her, stared at her, but were unable to account for her presence. Then there appeared a merchant and no one knew anything about him. This was followed by the visit of a wild and fierce red dog. It was of an enormous size and given to biting the natives. Then a crazy man appeared on the scene; harmless, it is true, but perfectly mad. After the crazy man came a very old lama. How old he was no one knew and his face was shrivelled and wrinkled. Then one day a leper appeared in the country; from the soles of his fect to the crown of his head he was covered with leprosy. No one had seen him before, and no one could tell from where he had come. Like all the others, he also mysteriously disappeared.' These strange and different visitations were causing considerable alarm. People were get ting peculiarly nervous and becoming decidely religious. Mow to a pease this tormenting spirit and atone for their past sins was the one object for which most of the inhabitants now lived.
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