March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi — Voth. 5 



them to lift it up. One tried it, but could not lift it up, and what 

 was worse, his hands adhered to the stone. The other man tried to 

 assist him, but his hands also adhered to the stone, and thus they 

 were both prisoners. Hereupon Huruing Wuhti took the two guns 

 and said: "These do not amount to anything," and then rubbed them 

 between her hands to powder. She then said to them: "You people 

 ought to live in peace with one another. You people of Spider Woman 

 know many things, and the people whom we have made also know 

 man3^ but different, things. You ought not to quarrel about these 

 things, but learn from one another; if one has or knows a good thing 

 he should exchange it wjth others for other good things that they 

 know and have. If you will agree to this I shall release you. They 

 said they did, and that they would no more try to kill the deity. 

 Then the latter went to the rear end of the kiva where she disappeared 

 through an opening in the floor, from where she exerted a secret in- 

 fluence upon the stone and thus released the two men. They de- 

 parted, but Huruing Wuhti did not fully trust them, thinking that 

 they would return,, but they never did. 



2. HURUING WUHTI AND THE SUN.' 



Aliksai! A very long time ago there was nothing here in the 

 world but water. Only away off in the west where Huruing Wuhti 

 lived there was a small piece of land where she lived. She lived in 

 a hill or bluff called Taldschomo. Huruing Wuhti owned the moon, 

 the stars," and all the hard substances, such as beads, corals, shells, 

 etc. Away in the east lived the Sun, painted up very beautifully. 

 The Sun was very skillful. One time Huruing Wuhti sent the 

 Moon to the Sun, throwing him through (the intervening) space so 

 that he fell down in front of the Sun. He told the Sun that Huruing 

 Wuhti wanted him; then he arose and passed through the sky back 

 to the west. The Sun also soon rose and followed the Moon to the 

 west, to the house of Huruing Wuhti. " Have you come?" the latter 

 said. "Yes, I have come. Why do you want me? I have come 

 because you wanted me." "Thanks," the Huruing Wuhti said, 

 "thanks that you have come, my father, because you shall be my 

 father." "Yes," the Sun said, "and you shall be my mother, and 

 we shall own all things together." "Yes," Huruing Wuhti said, 



' Told by Ktihkiuma (Shupadlavi) . 



' This is the only instance where I have heard the moon and stars spoken of as being owned 

 or controlled by Huniing Wuhti. The informant did not know the songs mentioned in this tale. 



