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Byeri reliquary figures are guardian figures that stand atop cylindrical bark boxes (nsuk byeri) filled with powerful medicine and the skulls of ancestors. Thus, they are not powerful in and of themselves, but indicate that something powerful lay…

Ten-headed demon king of the island kingdom of Lanka, Ravana is a complicated and flawed character. He is at the same time a superb scholar, a capable ruler, a terrifying warrior, a lusty trickster, and the ultimate villain.