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43. — Big Head and Goat Horn. 



Big Head and Goat Horn are friends, but live so far apart in Oraibi they 

 do not often visit each other. Once Goat Horn visits friend and, after eating, 

 he goes home, telhng friend he must visit him sometime. Big Head goes and 

 stays night with friend. In morning he kills goat, cuts it in two, and gives 

 friend half. Big Head takes it with him, and that is reason why Hopi when 

 they kill goat cut it up. 



44.— KaVUSHKAVUWNOM and SHOVfVIOUN^iM. 



Two Oraibi women are great friends. They meet returning from getting water 

 and Shovfviounom asks Kaviishkavuwnom what she is getting water to cook 

 Latter says dish of young squashes, and asks friend to visit her. Shovfviou- 

 nom goes home, prepares some huriishuki and takes it to house of friend, who 

 has prepared young squashes. While eating they converse, and, after visiting 

 awhile, Shovfviounom returns home. Next day when returning from spring 

 she meets friend, who asks her what she is getting water to cook. Shoviviou- 

 nom says Tav6chona, and asks friend to visit her. On return Kaviishkavuw- 

 nom prepares some hunishuki and proceeds to house of friend, who prepares 

 rabbit meat. They eat and converse until sun goes down. Then Kaviishkav- 

 uwnom returns home. 



45. — How THE Children of PivAnhonkapi Obtained Permission to 



Catch Birds. 



Children living at Hukovi and at Pivdnhonkapi go to spring to trap birds. 

 They are angry with each other. Hukovi children tell others they will not 

 trap birds there, but that they can if they give them something. Children from 

 Pivdnhonkapi go and get food, which they give to children from Hukovi. 

 After that, children from both villages always catch birds there. 



46. — The Jug Boy. 



In Hdno handsome woman makes earthen jug. She tramples clay so 

 that it spurts all around. She bears child which is earthen jug having little 

 boy inside. Child grows to be young man. Tells grandfather he wants to 

 go hunting. Grandfather makes him bow and arrows and ties them to jug 

 handles. He also ties food and burden band to jug. Grandfather carries jug 

 from village and leaves it, after telling him about rabbit tracks. Jug youth 

 finds tracks and follows them. Chases rabbit, which jumps down into wash. 

 Jug youth also jumps and bursts in two, and Hopi comes out. He takes 

 burden band and bow and arrows and follows rabbit, which he shoots. He 

 kills four rabbits, which he carries home. Mother and grandfather are happy, 

 and with his assistance live there. 



47. — The Crow as a Spirit of Evil. 



Crow lives on mesa where sun shrines are located near Orafbi. He watches 

 people plant com in valley and sees who plants com first. When com begins 

 to have ears. Crow goes first there. Crow also impersonates sickness. He 

 influences bad people so that they get sick and some die. He despoils people 

 in other ways, some beginning to steal. Good people, whose heart is not strong 



