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DEATH AND DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD 555
Temes Savsap wipes out half of the tracing and tells the traveller
that before he proceeds any further he must complete the diagram
correctly. Most men during their life-time have learnt how to
make this and other geometrical ï¬Å§lI'8S, and so, on their death,
they are able to do as Temes Savsap tells them and pass safely
on their way. But should a man be ignorant of how to complete
the ï¬Ågure, Temes Savsap seizes him and devours him so that
he can never reach the land of Wies.1 Some two generations
ago, a famous warrior, called Airong, died. While he was alive
he had omitted to learn how to draw Nahal and therefore Temes
) lb)
Nahal. Nevet ho: Iambi.
Fm. 37.—The geometrical ï¬Ågures Nuhal (from Scniang) and Newt hor Iambi
(from Lambumbu), both oi which are connected with the journeyings of
the soul after death.
Savsap would not let him go past. But he escaped from her
clutches, retumed to his own home, and once more entered his
body as it was lying on the funeral bier. When the mourners
gathered round, he bade them bring him his bow and arrows.
Grasping their spiritual counterpart, the nimwinin once more
‘ Women do not learn how to make these geometrical ï¬Ågures, though they
may watch them being made. They could not therefore pass this test. How
they get past Temes Savsap is not rec0rded.—C. H, W.