In olden days of 'yore' ancient stories of Hanuman or Kashma were perceived as the magnanimous forces of a magical cosmos. While it has now become somewhat conceivable that all 'karmic' energies such as imperialism or romanticism or socialism, etc. may be viewed in the same way. Thus when the demons of the underworld realize they can't be slain by their own "karmic" energies they've historically chosen other ways of subversity, or Universal diminishing. . .