errand. Molilakwa, the magician of Oburaku who gave me this spell, said in commentary to this last part:
“The *yoyova* casts off her body (*inini wowola*—which really means ‘peals off her skin’); she lies down and sleeps, we hear her snoring. Her covering (*kapwalela* that is, her outward body, her skin) remains in the house, and she herself flies (*titolela biyova*). Her skirt remains in the house, she flies naked. When she meets men, she eats us. In the morning, she puts on her body, and lies down in her hut. When we cover her loins with the *doba*, she cannot fly any more.”
This last sentence refers to the magical act of covering, as expressed in the last part of the spell.