"One day, Khorkhor defeated the poisonous dragon Sruvara, who turned rice fields into nauseating marshes. But

"One day, Khorkhor defeated the poisonous dragon Sruvara, who turned rice fields into nauseating marshes. But Khorkhor did not notice that Sruvara had scraped his white skin with its talon. Infection entered the hero's body, and he grew weak. He lied down to rest and remained there for a thousand years. Nothing could awaken him, even all the strife brought on by the fight with Kothogaz, the Dance of Disharmony. Once he finally awoke from his slumber, Khorkhor discovered that his homeland had been ravaged by this terrible attack, and he'd slept through the battle! Disgraced, he moaned and set off for a faraway gorge, where he would deliver his body to the scorpions, that they might eat his flesh and hide him from his shame."