If he
should present _whole_ burnt-offerings upon the altar, saying, "Hrang,
brang, Karle, Karle! O, horrid-toothed goddess, eat, eat; destroy all
the malignant: cut with this axe; bind, bind; seize, seize; drink this
blood; spheng, spheng; secure, secure; salutation to Karle," she would
be much delighted. It is said that she will be pleased for three months,
if the people offer her the blood of a crocodile--for a thousand years,
if they offer her the blood of one man, and a hundred thousand years, if
they offer her the blood of three.
This goddess is the patroness of thieves. To her they pay their
devotions, to obtain help to carry on their wicked delights. Gangs meet
together, and, after having offered bloody sacrifices, and worshipped
their weapons, and having drunk some intoxicating liquor, and rubbed
their bodies with oil, they go forth to rob. They have a prayer, which
they offer when they worship their weapons. It is as follows: "O,
instrument formed by the goddess, Karle commands thee to cut a passage
into the house, to cut through stones, bones, bricks, wood, the earth,
and mountains, and cause the dust thereof to be carried away by the
wind.
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