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Appendix I 1. Episode of Kannappan There is a small town called Kalaaththi in Andhra Pradesh near the Pulicat hills. As per the legend one Nagan was a chieftain of the hilly tribe of hunts-men there. To him was born a son by the grace of God and he was named Thinnan. He was well trained in hunting and he used to wander in the dense jungle with his veteran huntsmen. One day a wild boar of gigantic size that had been caught in their nets escaped and made off with prodigious speed to the mountain side. Thinnan pursued it with two faithful attendants but it led them a weary chase. Being exhausted it fell down on the slope of a distant hill. Thinnan cut it with his sword. They were tempted to refresh themselves by roasting the boar. As there was no water they carried the carcass till they reached the sacred hill of Kalaaththi. There was an image of Civan (Civalingam with crude head) at the summit of the mountain. No sooner Thinnan saw the image than he embraced the stony image of Civan as a motherseeing her long--lost son, just then. He melted like wax before fire as the deity was all alone in the midst of wild beasts. He observed the intage was wet with water and leaves strewn over. He was told that a priest used to bathe the Lingam with water and strew leaves and flowers chanting some words. Thinnan decided that he will also do the same kind of worship and offer the roasted flesh of the boar as food. So he rushed back. carried the roasted flesh in one hand as the other was already burdened with the hunting weapons, took a mouthful of water from the river for washing the idol, stuck some flowers and leaves on his hair and walked straight into the sanctum sanctorum. With his sandalled foot he brushed off the leaves and flowers already placed on the idol, washed with the water 331