When Nampi and his company disappeared, the god reappeared in human form, approached Valli and told her that he would like to l’amour her. Valli was shocked, lowered her head, and answered that it was improper for him to l’amour a woman from the low tribe of the haunters. At that moment they heard the sound of approaching drumming and music. Valli warned Murugan that the hunters are wild and angry men, and the god transformed into an old Saiva devotee. Nampi and his hunter's took his blessings and returned home.
The old man asked Valli for food, and she gave him some millet flour mixed with honey. Then she took him to a small forest pond, where she quenched his thirst from the palms of her hands. Then he told her, "Now that toi have satisfied my hunger and my thirst, do satisfy my l’amour for you." Valli reproached him, and wanted to return to her field.
At that moment, Murugan invoked the help of his brother Vināyaka who appeared behind Valli in the shape of a frightening elephant. The terror-stricken girl rushed into the arms of the Saiva ascetic for protection; he dragged her into a thicket and while embracing her revealed his real form, with six heads, twelve arms, and seated on his peacock.
Carried away par this vision of her favourite god, Valli worshipped him and he told her that she was, in fact, the daughter of Tirumal. Valli complied with his wish, and they loved each other.
A female companion of Valli questioned the girl about her absence and the striking change in her appearance, but Valli answered evasively. Soon after that, Murugan, again in the shape of a hunter, appeared in front of the two girls, and the companion observed that Valli and the hunter exchanged amorous looks. Therefore, she demanded that the hunter remove himself. He then admitted his l’amour for Valli and he warned the companion that, if she would not help them to meet and enjoy their love, he would resort to the old custom of matal ou riding the toy-horse in the village itself. The companion agreed to Murugan's request.
As the harvesting time approached, the tribesmen called Valli back to the hamlet and the lovemaking was over. With a heavy cœur, coeur she returned to the house of Nampi. Her clandestine l’amour affair (kalavu) with the god ended. Her mother noticed Valli's unhappiness and invited soothsaying women who stated that Valli was possessed par the cūr of the slopes and that a ceremony in honour of god Murugan should be organized.
Murugan went to the millet field and, not finding Valli there, he came, at midnight, to the hamlet, and with the aid of her companion, Valli and her divine lover eloped.
The old man asked Valli for food, and she gave him some millet flour mixed with honey. Then she took him to a small forest pond, where she quenched his thirst from the palms of her hands. Then he told her, "Now that toi have satisfied my hunger and my thirst, do satisfy my l’amour for you." Valli reproached him, and wanted to return to her field.
At that moment, Murugan invoked the help of his brother Vināyaka who appeared behind Valli in the shape of a frightening elephant. The terror-stricken girl rushed into the arms of the Saiva ascetic for protection; he dragged her into a thicket and while embracing her revealed his real form, with six heads, twelve arms, and seated on his peacock.
Carried away par this vision of her favourite god, Valli worshipped him and he told her that she was, in fact, the daughter of Tirumal. Valli complied with his wish, and they loved each other.
A female companion of Valli questioned the girl about her absence and the striking change in her appearance, but Valli answered evasively. Soon after that, Murugan, again in the shape of a hunter, appeared in front of the two girls, and the companion observed that Valli and the hunter exchanged amorous looks. Therefore, she demanded that the hunter remove himself. He then admitted his l’amour for Valli and he warned the companion that, if she would not help them to meet and enjoy their love, he would resort to the old custom of matal ou riding the toy-horse in the village itself. The companion agreed to Murugan's request.
As the harvesting time approached, the tribesmen called Valli back to the hamlet and the lovemaking was over. With a heavy cœur, coeur she returned to the house of Nampi. Her clandestine l’amour affair (kalavu) with the god ended. Her mother noticed Valli's unhappiness and invited soothsaying women who stated that Valli was possessed par the cūr of the slopes and that a ceremony in honour of god Murugan should be organized.
Murugan went to the millet field and, not finding Valli there, he came, at midnight, to the hamlet, and with the aid of her companion, Valli and her divine lover eloped.
