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tray to grandmother, and after evening meal they retire, mdna sleeping with 

 grandmother. In morning, after making prayer-offerings to dawn and sun, 

 md.na shells com. Young man calls chickens, who eat com. He tells chickens 

 to sit on banquette and then sings to them, accompanying song with drum. 

 Chickens sway bodies from side to side to time of singing, and so grind corn in 

 bodies. They then vomit meal into tray and leave kiva. Maiden thus saved 

 trouble to grind meal. Young man hunts, and they prepare much food. 

 Grandmother calls neighbors to come and eat. They come, each bringing part 

 of bridal costume. In morning grandmother washes m^na's head with yucca 

 suds. Afterwards she dresses m^na in bridal costume. Grandmother sprinkles 

 road of meal, and children go to bride's house, where they are welcomed by 

 her mother. Young people live in village, which prospers, as young man is 

 Katcina. Wife goes astray and husband leaves village. People then become 

 poor. 



17. — The Ah5li and other WAlpi Katcinas. 



In former Wd.lpi village lives Ah61i Katcina and his little sister. In Sit- 

 c6movi lives youth with grandmother. Ah61i and maiden go to field to plant. 

 In field is bdho shrine where Ah61i deposits com meal and nakwdkwosis as 

 prayer-offerings. In shrine lives Miiyingwa and sister, who cries on receiving 

 offering, as they have been neglected. Ah61i places seeds on ground. Two 

 deities arise, and as Mdyinga points certain objects to sky, sister forcibly 

 throws squash filled with all kinds of seeds on ground on seeds placed by Ah61i. 

 Mtiyingwa hands objects to Ah61i to produce rain and crops. Ah61i and 

 maiden return to village and hear some one singing on top of bluff. Youth 

 from Sitc6movi enters house and thanks them for what they have done They 

 smoke together, youth blowing smoke in ringlets upon objects four times, 

 praying to them, and they become moist, indicating that they would produce 

 rain. Youth remains, and in morning they dress up in costumes and proceed 

 to bdho shrine half-way down mesa. Here they sprinkle meal to sun and on 

 shrine, and again hear voice singing. They look up and see Big-Hom Katcina. 

 They go to look for him, and see Aototo shaking rattle of bones. While talking 

 Big-Horn comes and after hearing what Ah61i has done, they agree to go down 

 mesa. Part of way down they make bdho shrine as mark between Hdno and 

 Sitc6movi. Further down they meet C6oyoko, who devours children, coming 

 out of large shrine with twisted stone. They tell him not to trouble them, 

 and descend to house of Ah61i, where they stay singing all night. In morning 

 they go to fields and everything is growing beautifully. Near mesa they meet 

 Big-Skeleton, who tells them to go and live on mesa. They have lived there 

 ever since, and soon after that W^lpi commences to move up mesa and build 

 new village. 



18. — The Two War Gods and the Two Maidens. 



P6ok6nghoya and little brother Bal(5ngahoya hear of two beautiful maidens, 

 and go to visit them. Maidens think they have gone to marry them, and say 

 they may own them if they will each have arm cut off. They consent, and 

 maidens cut off right arm of young brother and then of elder brother with 

 upper mealing stone. They carry severed arms home and tell grandmother 

 how mischief happened. She asks them to lay down north of fireplace, places 

 arms by their sides, covers them up, and sings. When through singing, they 

 get up healed. Next day they go to house of maidens. P6ok6nghoya wants 



