Kail´yal

( 2 syl. ), the lovely and holy daughter of Ladur´lad, persecuted relentle ly by Ar´val an; but virtue and chastity, in the person of Kailyal, always triumphed over sin and lust. When Arvalan “in the flesh” at temped to dishonor Kailyal, he was slain by Ladurlad; but he then continued his attacks “out of the flesh.” Thus, when Kailyal was taken to the Bower of Bli by a benevolent spirit, Arvalan borrowed the dragon-car of the witch Lor´rimite ( 3 syl. ) to drag him thence; the dragons, however, unable to mount to paradise, landed him in a region of thick-ribbed ice. Again, Kailyal, being obliged to quit the Bower, was made the bride of Jaga-naut, and when Arvalan presented himself before her again, she set fire to the pagoda, and was carried from the flames by her father, who was charmed from fire as well as water. Lastly, while waiting for her father’s return from the submerged city, whither he had gone to release Ereen´ia ( 3 syl. ), Arvalan once more appeared, but was seized by Baly, the governor of hell, and cast into the bottomle pit. Having descended to hell, Kailyal quaffed the water of immortality, and was taken by Ereenia to his Bower of Bli , to dwell with him forever in endle joy.—Southey, Curse of Kehama (1809).