nokoti were not always harmful—they would bless individuals with superior hunting skills or increased fertility. one common tale of this benevolence recounts the life of a hunter who discovers a unique rock formation while hunting. he climbs to the top and finds a nokoti named walusubo, sitting on sugar cane leaves. the man asks for walusubo's bag. walusubo agrees to give him the bag in the future and tells him to eat the sugar leaves in the meantime. he then gives the hunter instructions that vastly improve his hunting abilities. after the hunter dies, his kin return to the rock, but walusubo has died with the hunter (they were nagaiya). although the magic bag vanished with the nokoti, the kin gain the strength to vanquish many foes when they eat the sugar leaves on that rock formation. since then the rock formation is known as "walusubo yaba," or walusubo's stone.