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ALPHABETICAL GUIDE TO SINHALESE FOLKLORE
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and clubbed it to death. Meanwhile the cobra had sucked the poison from the wound and the mother on her return found the child safe, and wept for the slain mongoose.
Months. On the propitiation of the months, see Set-sântiya.
Moon. See Sandu.
Morape Bandara. A god invoked in Gangé-bandara-kavi.
Mottakkili Kumari. See Kiri Amma.
Mucalinda. A Naga king, who swallowed Säkra's brush, and died; see Betel. He was uncle or father-in-law of Maha-kela; see Limes.
Mudu Mani-mekhalava. See Mani-mekhalava.
Mudun Giri. A goddess, invoked in Dolos-giri-dev-liyagê puvata as sitting on the top of high trees, uttering cries, and watching for girls. See Giri.
Muhandiram. 24 spirits with this title are invoked in Väḍi-yak-yadinna.
Mala-sthana. A demon, on whose cult see Perahära.
Mulatan. A deity of the tolabô plant; see Ata Magula.
Mulika Vädi. A spirit, invoked in Vädi-yak-yâdinna.
Mul Kadavara. This demon is said in the Kadavara-vidiya to live in Visnu's dwelling, with 18 Kadavaras under him; it was he who, disguised as a boar, broke into the orchard and drew the Mala Raja (q. v.) in pursuit to Ceylon, in order that Panduvas' sickness might be healed. Perhaps the same as Têdas K. He is invoked in Satara-varan-mal-yahan, Kadavara-sirasa-páda, K.-upata, Kidiya.
Mul Sanni Yaka. A demon who protected Riri Yaka, q. v. See also Sanni Yaka. Mulu Sami. See Vata Kumara.
Murtu. Apparently the Hindu Mṛtyu, the Death-god; propitiated as a hin (q. v.) and regent of Hata in Nava-graha-mal-baliya.
Muttu-mari. A Mutu-mâri-kavi relates that this goddess came to Velli-eliya-ambalam, and took charge of Ceylon. Mannârama and Mutu Silâma (Chilaw) are dedicated to her. Her first sanctuary was at Attikulama. She landed at Mannârama, in order to go to Mutu Silâma. She daily killed men, and is invoked to heal smallpox. In her right hand is a many-angled bangle made of 5 metals. She stays near to Ayyanâr, as she knows not the paths of the land. She appears to be a form of Kâli, q. v., and is sometimes identified with Pattini (q. v.), who is said in one Amba-vidumana to have been called Muttu-mâri from the 7 rows of pearls round her neck and to have given her fan and the charge of mankind to a Yakini. The Murttu-mâri-kavi invokes her to save cattle from disease, and mentions her ravages by means of smallpox. She is there said to havé 60,000 avatars, 60,000 ornaments, and 60,000 followers. and to have destroyed 60,000 ships. She stabs with her javelin, and drinks the blood. She landed at Alankulam, where she built a temple, and at Jaffna, with Pattini's permission, and went to Oyama-maḍuva.
Muttu Sami. A demon; see Pitiya Devi.
Mutu-pabalu Kumari. See Kiri Amma. Näba-sara. See Vismu.
Naga-bamba-put. A sage; see Vas.
Naga-halamba. The "Cobra-hangle" worn by Bhadra-kâli (see Kâli).
Naga-malaya. A ritual, and a poem describing it, to exorcise demons. The charm naga-malaya ("cobra-garland") was framed by the power of the 28 Buddhas to disperse the 68,000 Yakas dwelling on the Sakvala rock. Gautama Buddha went thither with it, disguised as an old man, and asked for lodging. The Yakas were about to kill him and
