The Prince having looked for the tongues in the mouths of the Yakās, asked, “What is this, that there are not tongues for these Yakās?”
After that, every one asked it of Mānikka Seṭṭiyā. Mānikka Seṭṭiyā being afraid, remained without speaking.
Then he asked it of the two eldest Princesses. The two Princesses said, “We do not know.”
At the time when he was asking it of the youngest Princess, she replied, seizing the hand of the Prince who split off the tongues and took the jewelled rings, “This one went away after taking in his hand the ring, and cutting off the tongue of the Yakā.” After that, the Prince brought to light the three rings and the three tongues, and showed them.
Speedily having beheaded and cast out Mānikka Seṭṭiyā, they carried out the wedding festival of the marriage of the three Princesses to the Prince. After that, those royal personages went to their own kingdoms, and the kingdom having been bestowed on this Prince he remained there ruling it.
North-western Province.
In the Jātaka story No. 510 (vol. iv, p. 305), an iron house was built, in which a King’s son was confined for sixteen years in order to preserve him from a female Yakā who had carried off two children born previously. The demon was unable to break into it.
In the Jātaka story No. 513 (vol. v, p. 13), there is an account of a King who was seized by an Ogre while hunting. The latter allowed the King to go home on a promise to come back next day to be eaten. His heroic son returned in his place, but was spared by the Ogre. The Prince said of these beings, “The eyes of Ogres are red, and do not wink. They cast no shadow, and are free from all fear.”