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were defeated in an unequal war against numerous armies that came from distant lands. Those who went south destroyed the 3 cave entrances through which the sisters came to the surface to see their brother. When the sisters realized that their brother was dead, they started crying. Tears formed small streams, which at the exit of the cave formed the Reprua, Anikhamtsa, and
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