That night Galaíwa came again.
“Why do you come here so often?” asked Kûlta’s wife.
“Blaiwas sends me to see if his people are alive yet.”
“They are people yet,” said the young woman, “but I feel worse and worse all the time.”
Galaíwa said: “You have power; why don’t you bring Kûlta to life?”
“His body is spoiled,” said the woman. But she told her mother to uncover the body and put it in water.
Old woman Kúja said: “You always tell me if anybody kills you to put your body in water, but that won’t bring Kûlta to life.” She put the body in water, washed it, then stretched it out and stepped over it a good many times. At last it moved. She washed it and stepped over it again. Then Kûlta stood up. He was glad to be alive, and to see his wife.
Kûlta’s wife said: “Hereafter, my sisters and their husbands will not be persons. They will be spirits and will roam around on the mountains.” [[169]]