ABSTRACTS. 



I. — Origin Myth. 



When nothing but water, Hurtling Wuhti, deity of hard substances, lives 

 in ocean in east. Another Huruing Wuhti lives in ocean in west. Sun also 

 exists, and before rising in east d^resses in skin of gray fox, but soon exchanges 

 it for skin of yellow fox, whereupon morning dawns. Two deities cause dry 

 land to appear in midst of water. Sun sees no living being and tells deities. 

 They consult and make Wren of clay. Wren flies over earth and reports no 

 living being "exists. However, Spider Woman is living in southwest. Deity 

 of west makes many other birds to inhabit world. The two deities teach them 

 sounds they should make. Deity of west makes different kinds 6i animals, 

 which are taught their different languages. Deity of east makes of clay first 

 woman, then man, to live on earth and understand everything. Deity makes 

 two tablets of hard substance and draws characters on them with wooden 

 stick. She rubs with palms of hands palms of woman and man, who then 

 understand writing on tablets. Deities teach them language. Deity of east 

 takes them over rainbow to her home. They Stay four days, and then she tells 

 them to go and select place to live. They build small house. Spider Woman 

 makes man and woman of clay. They are Spaniards. She teaches them 

 Spanish language and gives them tablets and imparts knowledge to them by 

 rubbing hands, as deity of east had done with "white man." She creates two 

 burros for them. Spider Woman creates other men and women, giving differ- 

 ent langauge to each pair. She forgets to create woman for certain man, and 

 afterwards fails to create man for certain woman. Tells woman to go and 

 find man and live with him. They meet and live together, but they soon 

 quarrel and separate. They come together again, and separate, and so on. 

 This is why there are so many contentions between men and their wives. 

 Huruing Wuhti of west now creates many people in pairs, husband and wife. 

 They live in west and lead nomadic life, living on game. There are many con- 

 tentions among people, and deity of west goes to live in ocean in west. Tells 

 people to pray to her there. Deity in east does something. Spanish are 

 angry and two go with guns to abiding-place of Huruing Wuhti. She gets 

 them to lay down their arms and asks them to lift stone. They try and their 

 hands adhere to stone. Deity then rubs guns to powder and disappears 

 through opening in floor of kiva. From there she exerts influence on stone 

 and releases men when they promise to exchange with others good things they 

 have. 



2. — Huruing Wuhti and the Sun. 



Huruing Wuhti lives on small piece of land in west, and owns moon, stars, 

 and all hard substances. She sends Moon for Sun in east. He goes to her, 

 and they agree to own all things together. They take skins of all kinds of 

 birds, and Huruing Wuhti places them on floor. She then rubs small scales 

 from her cuticle between palms of hands and places scales on feathers and 

 skins and covers them with native cloth. Sun kindles fire at east side. They 



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