ec und ▁‘ w aters nake ’ ▁– ▁associated ▁with ▁rivers ▁in ▁many ▁tales ), ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 , 5 0 0 ▁rock ▁eng rav ings ▁are ▁dens ely ▁placed , ▁such ▁that ▁they ▁become ▁sub mer ged ▁when ▁the ▁ra ins ▁come ▁in ▁the ▁wet ▁season , ▁but ▁equally ▁are ▁left ▁high ▁and ▁dry ▁when ▁river ▁flow ▁dw ind les , ▁or ▁ce ases ▁altogether . ▁ ▁As ▁ ▁a ▁powerful ▁place , ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁that ▁D rie k ops ▁E il and ▁became ▁– ▁in ▁this ▁view ▁– ▁a ▁focus ▁in ▁r ites , ▁perhaps ▁specifically ▁those ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁‘ new ▁ma iden ’ , ▁who ▁represented ▁“ the ▁rain ’ s ▁magic ▁power ” ▁( acc ording ▁to ▁ ≠ K am me - an , ▁Dia ! kw ain ’ s ▁mother ); ▁that ▁the ▁place ▁itself ▁was ▁an ▁active ▁element ▁in ▁these ▁r ites ▁in ▁the ▁re definition ▁of ▁social ▁person hood ; ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁place ▁was ▁en hanced ▁in ▁particular ▁periods ▁in ▁its ▁history ▁( per haps ▁periods ▁of ▁rit ual ▁intens ification ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁environmental ▁and / or ▁social ▁stress ) ▁by ▁mark ing ▁with ▁eng rav ings , ▁which ▁themselves ▁may ▁be ▁a ▁resid ue ▁of ▁rit ual ▁sequence . ▁These ▁rit uals ▁are ▁or ▁were ▁pract ised ▁with ▁great ▁emot ional ▁and ▁symbol ic ▁intensity . ▁▁ ▁It ▁is ▁suggested ▁that ▁a ▁met ap hor ical ▁understanding ▁of ▁place ▁– ▁and ▁the ▁possibility ▁that ▁different ▁parts