author: martin a mills

... dangerous denizens such as the tsen — warlike half-beings who lack backs, and wander the roads at the edge of the village during the twilight hours, occasionally stealing the life-force (sparkha) of new-born children. Similarly, it is ...

... ritual hammer . Around the room , a total of twenty ranks of ' white ' offerings were laid out - two sets of offerings for the local deities of all the ten directions ( ka - chyogs ) . Then , having purified the square ' ground ' or ...