A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE AT WALI'I 623 



among the Toltecs and the trihes to which they gave it, may 

 be briefly stated as follows : 



(i) There are similarities in objective symbolism on figures of 

 the Great Serpent from Tusayan and Mexico. (2) Linguistic 

 likenesses exist in the names of the regions from which the Ilopi 

 and Toltecs derived their variants of the cult.' (3) Legends 

 of both point to regions of origin which are geographically adja- 

 cent or identical. (4) The worship of Qiietzalcoatl was a form 

 of sun worship, elements of which appear in the preceding de- 

 scription of the Great Serpent drama at Walpi. 



RESUME OF EVENTS IN PALULUKONTI. 



February 14. On this day corn was planted ^ in three kivas, 

 the Mon kiva, Tcivato kiva of Walpi, and the plaza kiva of Hano. 

 This corn was daily watered and the kivas were heated so that 

 the seeds might sprout.'^ Children are not allowed to know that 

 the corn is thus planted before the exhibition. 



February 26. About tw^o weeks after the corn seeds were 

 planted the effigies of the Great Serpent were brought into the 

 three kivas above mentioned, at nightfall, when rehearsals of 

 the acts to be given later took place. 



February 27. T'unya. This day was devoted to the prep- 

 aration of the paraphernalia, and at sundown there was a re- 

 hearsal of the Great Serpent acts, as also on the following day. 



March i. Ko?noktotokya. In addition to rehearsals in the 

 kiva the following masked men representing VVupa7)iozv, 

 Honatc, Hehea, Mticatas, Wtiyok, Soyanep^ and Samowilqtaka 

 Katcinas appeared in the plazas. They dressed and masked 

 themselves at Walla (The Gap), and marched up the trail into 

 Hano, where they gathered at the kiva hatches, and held an 

 animated conversation with the chief of the kiva, who came to 

 the hatchway for that purpose. 



• The liuguistic argument for the identity of Palatkwabi and Tlapallan, while 

 not strong, is important ; palainpu, red, obi, locative ; Tlapallan, place of the 

 red land. 



2 The planting of corn seeds has given the name 'Corn planting' to 

 Paliili'ikonti, just as the one of beans in a like way gave the name Bean plant- 

 ing to the Powanifi, but these names characterize incidents not the true purpose 

 of the festival. 



3 The miniature cornfield was later made of these sprouts. 



