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Meanwhile Devi Cri, who was rather out of favour, began to wonder whether she too might be able to make a child without the help of her husband. So she began to haunt the Poera Dolem, full of dark thoughts. And at the full moon of Kadjeng-klion (a magically powerful day) she went to bathe with her servant in the water spout in the middle of the graveyard. And by chance she laid her clothes on the grave of a woman who had died pregnant. When the next night came she went again to the spot as Durga and said spells over the corpse, and a girl-child was born. And the after-birth she made into a boy. And she called the girl Boeta Seliwar and the boy Tjoewildaki, and appointed both to be guardians of the graveyard. But Boeta Seliwar complained that her magic was not strong enough, so her name was changed to Seliwarmaya, and she was given the kepoeh tree to live in. And Tjoewildaki was told to mingle with the souls of uncremated people and cause trouble in the houses of their relations. And for their food she gave them, as Civa had done to his children, the offerings to the dead. Now when the next death-offerings were brought Kalekek, who was roaming about as a Barong, went to the graveyard to eat them. But because she was invisible they could not see who was stealing them. And Tjoewildaki, who was also waiting for his food, saw the people running away and found Kalekek devouring the offerings. And he fetched his sister Seliwarmaya, and they fought with. Kalekek over the offerings. And because they were two against one Kalekek was defeated and burned to ashes. And they mocked the magic power of which she had boasted. Meanwhile Kalawenara sat waiting for his sister on the titi-gongyan, and when she did not come he asked leave of Sanghyang Poetradjaja to go and look for her; for he said: 'I suppose that she has eaten so many offerings that she cannot walk.' And he called to her in the graveyard but there was no answer; only a heap of ashes. And when Poetradjaja heard him calling in vain he came also to the graveyard and knew them to be the ashes of Kalekek. And at the prayer of Kalawenara he said spells over them and brought them to life again. Then she related how a terrible rakshasa and his sister had fought with her over the offerings and killed her. And Kalawenara roared in anger and challenged them to fight with him. Then Seliwarmaya came down from her kepoeh-tree, snorting with rage, to answer the challenge. But this time she felt she was the weaker, and called to Tjoewildaki to come and help her, and he rolled in a decaying corpse and threw himself upon Kalawenara. Kalawenara could not endure the stench of the corpse and ran away to fetch Kalekek, who came as a Barong and licked the stink off with her tongue. And when Durga's children felt they were losing they cried for help to their mother, and she began to spit fire.

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