The latter were set to make shoes to expiate the sin committed by their ancestor in killing a cow.

Another story given in the Central Provinces is that the Golla caste of cowherds, corresponding to the Ahirs and the Madgis, are the descendants of two brothers.

The brothers had a large herd of cattle and wanted to divide them.

At this time, however, cattle disease was prevalent, and many of the herd were affected.

The younger brother did not know of this, and seeing that most of the herd were lying on the ground, he proposed to the elder brother that he himself should take all the cattle lying on the ground, and the elder brother all those which were standing up, as a suitable method of division.