﻿388 
  

  

  ANNUAL, 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  — 
  Idol 
  of 
  the 
  

   Germ 
  God, 
  Muy- 
  

   inwu. 
  From 
  the 
  

   altar 
  of 
  Mamzrauti 
  

   ceremony. 
  

  

  beings, 
  viz, 
  the 
  Spider 
  Woman 
  and 
  her 
  children, 
  the 
  Twin 
  War 
  

   Gods, 
  and 
  certain 
  " 
  pets 
  " 
  associated 
  with 
  them. 
  These 
  are 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  figure 
  (pi. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  2) 
  of 
  the 
  altar 
  at 
  Hano. 
  

   The 
  most 
  important 
  idol 
  of 
  the 
  Hopi 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Sun 
  god, 
  known 
  

   in 
  ceremonials 
  as 
  the 
  Heart 
  of 
  the 
  Sky. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  examples 
  

   of 
  this 
  god, 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Oraibi 
  Flute 
  altar, 
  

   elsewhere 
  figured, 
  11 
  should 
  be 
  especially 
  men- 
  

   tioned, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  Hopi 
  idol. 
  A 
  symbol 
  of 
  

   this 
  god, 
  which 
  takes 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  cross, 
  occurs 
  

   on 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  Hopi 
  altars. 
  

  

  Next 
  in 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  idol 
  of 
  the 
  Sky 
  god 
  

   is 
  that 
  of 
  Muyinwu, 
  the 
  Corn 
  Mountain 
  or 
  Germ 
  

   Goddess, 
  which 
  occupies 
  a 
  prominent 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  

   majority 
  of 
  Hopi 
  altars. 
  Its 
  archaic 
  form 
  is 
  a 
  

   conical 
  stone 
  or 
  wooden 
  object 
  called 
  the 
  corn 
  hill 
  

   or 
  corn 
  mound 
  (pi. 
  2, 
  fig. 
  3, 
  and 
  text 
  fig. 
  3). 
  

  

  The 
  altars 
  of 
  the 
  Hopi 
  Basket 
  Dances 
  have 
  two 
  

   idols 
  (figs. 
  4 
  and 
  5), 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  cultus 
  hero 
  and 
  

   another 
  of 
  the 
  cultus 
  heroine, 
  parents 
  of 
  the 
  clan 
  

   that 
  controls 
  the 
  rite. 
  The 
  latter 
  strongly 
  resembles 
  Calakomana 
  

   or 
  the 
  Corn 
  Maid 
  as 
  she 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  Tablet 
  Dance, 
  when 
  she 
  

   is 
  called 
  the 
  Palahikomana, 
  Similar 
  pictures 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  per- 
  

   sonages, 
  having 
  human 
  heads, 
  and 
  wings, 
  bodies, 
  and 
  tails 
  of 
  

   birds, 
  also 
  occur 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  wings 
  of 
  the 
  altar 
  reredos. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  instructive 
  sacred 
  objects 
  on 
  the 
  

   Lakone 
  altar 
  are 
  bundles 
  of 
  rods 
  that 
  are 
  placed 
  

   over 
  a 
  sand 
  mosaic 
  and 
  are 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  Germ 
  

   God 
  idols. 
  These 
  bundles 
  contain 
  praj^er 
  sticks 
  

   and 
  other 
  fetishes, 
  12 
  and 
  although 
  described 
  as 
  

   idols, 
  suggest 
  the 
  bundles 
  of 
  the 
  plains 
  tribes. 
  

   They 
  are 
  regarded 
  as 
  very 
  sacred 
  objects, 
  being 
  

   sometimes 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  sacred 
  meal; 
  it 
  is 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  said 
  that 
  they 
  represent 
  " 
  mothers," 
  and 
  

   they 
  are 
  held 
  in 
  great 
  respect. 
  

  

  The 
  Hopi 
  dances, 
  commonty 
  called 
  Katcinas, 
  in 
  

   which 
  masked 
  men 
  representing 
  ancients 
  appear, 
  

   have 
  idols 
  on 
  the 
  altars 
  which 
  are 
  erected 
  at 
  the 
  

   advent 
  and 
  departure 
  of 
  these 
  beings, 
  Powamu 
  

   and 
  Niman. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  idols 
  is 
  called 
  Tungwup 
  (the 
  sun) 
  ; 
  the 
  

   other 
  Pokema 
  or 
  Eototo, 
  the 
  earth 
  god. 
  

  

  On 
  several 
  altars, 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Antelope 
  in 
  the 
  snake 
  dance, 
  we 
  

   find 
  stone 
  idols 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  animals, 
  which 
  are 
  rude 
  and 
  small, 
  in- 
  

   dicating 
  a 
  more 
  archaic 
  condition 
  than 
  the 
  elaborate 
  wooden 
  figurines. 
  

  

  11 
  Sun 
  Worship 
  of 
  the 
  Hopi 
  Indians, 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  1918. 
  

  

  12 
  The 
  contents 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  bundles 
  are 
  enumerated 
  in 
  the 
  author'8 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   I.akone 
  altar, 
  Amer. 
  Anth., 
  1892. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  4. 
  — 
  Idol 
  of 
  

   Marau 
  Maid 
  from 
  

   Marau 
  altar. 
  

  

  