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Kansas Academy of Science. 



THE MOON-GOD SECTION. 

 In one of the estufas, Jemez, N. M. 



1. Clouds. 



2. Bolt lightning that does not strike the earth. 



3. The red snake or Indian devil. 



4. The flash lightning, the god of flowers. 



5. The blue snake, the god of rain. 



6. The moon, the mother god of the universe (called by the Indians Ahtahwahtzah or Pah. 



"To reward these defenders of the sun's wife and of his home, 

 the Grreat Spirit made our first brother the morning star, and the 

 other brother the evening star. They are in the heavens, as you 

 have all seen them. The morning star still guards the entrance to 

 the sun in front, the evening star the entrance in the rear. 



"Ever since the rescue the bear and his descendents have been 

 enemies of the moon and her children, and ever since that time it 

 has been the woman's duty to destroy the bear every chance she 

 can, to avenge the wrong done the moon mother in the long ago. 

 Our sons capture or kill them, and we take revenge on the living 

 animal or upon his lifeless hide." 



"Wow, wow," shrieked the aged squaw again. The lookers-on 

 "struck up" the bear chant. The drummers, who had arrived, 

 beat the drum. The aged squaw danced the bear dance, shaking 

 first the club towards the god of night, then the struggling little 

 bear. The cacique sprinkled the dancer with sacred meal and 



