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duck’s feet 15: halfbrother and halfsister: child with out back of the head, only face 16: copulation on the bank of a river, pos sessed by danyaq Yuyu Rumpus: child with claws like a crab-fish 17: halfbrother and halfsister: child like a dog 18: halfbrother and halfsister: child with a gill like a cock 19: halfbrother and halfsister: child with out neck 20: halfbrother and halfsister: hy drocephalic child 21: halfbrother and halfsister: child with out rump, only a head 22: halfbrother and halfsister: mi- crocephalic child 23: halfbrother and halfsister: child a giant 24: halfbrother and halfsister: child with an elephant’s trunk 25: father and daughter: twins, one with an elephant’s ears, one with wings 26: halfbrother and halfsister: triplets: son-daughter-son (pancuran gapit sëndag) 27: halfbrother and halfsister: triplets: daughter-son-daughter (sëndarj gapit pancuran) 28: halfbrother and halfsister: triplets: three sons 29: halfbrother and halfsister: triplets: daughter, male hermaphrodite (wandu jalër), son (dampit tiga) 30: halfbrother and halfsister:, triplets: daughter, female hermaphrodite (wandu èstri), male hermaphrodite (wandu jalër) 31: halfbrother and halfsister: triplets, three daughters

20 lines, thick im port paper, lined, half leather, half black linen binding Wayai} purwa plays, 17 items, containing tales concerning dèwi Uma, in her manifestation of ancestress of demons and demonesses. The generation of de moniacal beings is said to be the conse quence of involuntary seminal discharge (kama salah) of gods and goddesses. Names of demonesses who are said to be descendants of dèwi Uma, generated in this manner, are: nahi Koplèk, nahi Bakkot and nahi Kawah Jay a. Some of their exploits are told in the form of wayag plays. Mount Lawu and Kala Ja^krak are also men tioned. Mr Moens wrote a short epitome of the 17 plays on the flyleaf of the book. The wayaq plays were composed spe cially for the use of Mr Moens in order to provide information on popular belief in demons as known to the dalarj. The author was Widi Prayitna, the dalar? of Sëntolo (south-west Yogyakarta).