The Citipati is two skeletons, one is a male and the other is a female. They are represented with arms and legs interlaced, dancing on two corpses. Each holds a wang topped by a skull. One holds a skull cap and the other a vase. Sometimes both carries the same symbol. According to the Buddhist legend, the citipati were two asceties in their former existence. Once they were lost in a deep meditation, they did not notice that a thief had cut off their heads and thrown them in the dust. Since then they became ferocious enemies of the thief and had vowed eternal vengeance.