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vitcd him to eat with her of a piivdlpiki (a round ball made of cornmeal 

 and water), by which she lived and which never gave out. But he left 

 her and returned to the snake kiva where he was welcomed and called 

 mdlinangwu (brother-in-law, son-in-law), although he had not yet 

 married but only caught the mana. So he staid there over night, the 

 chief telling him all about the snake cult (altar, ceremony, object, 

 etc.), and instructed him that he must put up such an altar and per- 

 form the ceremony in his home. They did not sleep at all that night. 



In the morning he again left the kiva on the same excuse as the 

 previous evening and went over to Spider Woman, telling her 

 about the beads, shells, etc. She agreed to go with him to Hurr- 

 ungwuhti. They spanned a rainbow road as before to a high bluff 

 where the HurrungwuJiti lived, and to which they ascended on a 

 ladder. Coming into the house they found an old, ugly, decrepid 

 hag, and on the walls many beads, shells, turquoises, corals, etc. 

 The old hag said nothing until the youth gave her some bahos, when she 

 said faintly, "Thank you !" At sundown she went into another room 

 and soon returned as a very pretty maiden, bringing with her some 

 fine buffalo and wildcat robes, of which she made a bed. She 

 gave the youth some supper and then invited him to sleep with her. 

 Spider Woman whispered to him from behind his ear to obey 

 her, as he would probably thus win her and get the beads. 



When he awoke in the morning he found by his side an old hag 

 snoring. He was very unhappy but staid there all day, the old hag 

 again sitting bent up and quiet as on the previous day. In the even- 

 ing the events of the evening before were repeated, but this night the 

 maiden was not changed back into the old hag again. He remained 

 there four days and four nights, after which he expressed a desire to 

 return home. So she went into a room north and got a few turquoise 

 beads ichos/ipos/ii)* and gave them to him; then she went into a room on 

 the west side and got a few more turquoise beads; from a room south 

 she got him a few beads of a pinkish substance {catsni), and from a 

 room on the east side some white beads {hurrungtva) made of a white 

 shell and gave them to him. She also gave him various shells and 

 strings for the beads. She told him to go home now, but charged him 

 not to open the sack on the way. If he Would obey this injunction 

 the beads would increase in the sack; if he would not, they would dis- 

 appear. She then instructed him to return to the snake kiva where 



*This is the only instance where I have heard turquoise mentioned in connection with the 

 north. In all cases where in ceremonies or song hard substances are mentioned in connection with 

 tiie cardinal i)oints, a slightly yellowish stone {nayawuna) is mentioned for the north. 



