﻿IDOLS 
  IN 
  HOPI 
  WOKSHIP 
  — 
  FEWKES. 
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  This 
  cloud 
  of 
  smoke, 
  by 
  sympathetic 
  magic, 
  is 
  supposed 
  by 
  the 
  

   priests 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  raincloud, 
  and 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  smoke 
  

   is 
  one 
  way 
  of 
  praying 
  for 
  rain 
  that 
  is 
  often 
  sorely 
  needed 
  for 
  the 
  

   parched 
  fields 
  of 
  the 
  Hopi. 
  As 
  the 
  formal 
  cloud 
  blowing 
  in 
  the 
  

   secret 
  rites 
  of 
  the 
  Antelope 
  altar 
  takes 
  place 
  midway 
  in 
  the 
  progress 
  

   of 
  the 
  songs 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  culmination 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  

   The 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  lion 
  idol 
  is 
  appropriate, 
  because 
  this 
  

   fetish 
  represents 
  the 
  Mountain 
  Lion 
  people, 
  who 
  formerly 
  lived 
  with 
  

   the 
  Hopi 
  in 
  their 
  cliff 
  houses 
  on 
  the 
  San 
  Juan. 
  

  

  One 
  object 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  fetish 
  is 
  omitted 
  in 
  the 
  picture 
  

   of 
  the 
  Antelope 
  altar. 
  In 
  the 
  1893 
  Snake 
  Dance 
  at 
  Walpi 
  the 
  

   author 
  gave 
  Wiki, 
  the 
  Antelope 
  priest, 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  King 
  

   crab 
  (Limulus 
  polyphemus) 
  which 
  he 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   coast. 
  The 
  Antelope 
  chief 
  had 
  never 
  seen 
  a 
  horseshoe 
  crab 
  and 
  did 
  

   not 
  know 
  what 
  it 
  was. 
  After 
  he 
  and 
  his 
  fellow 
  chiefs 
  had 
  examined 
  

   it 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  number 
  pronounced 
  it 
  a 
  " 
  Giant 
  Tadpole 
  " 
  and 
  

   placed 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  altar, 
  after 
  which 
  all 
  the 
  priests 
  sprinkled 
  it 
  with 
  

   meal 
  and 
  prayed 
  to 
  it, 
  as 
  they 
  believed 
  it 
  efficacious 
  to 
  bring 
  rain. 
  

   In 
  other 
  words, 
  it 
  was 
  accepted 
  as 
  an 
  idol, 
  20 
  although 
  probably 
  no 
  

   one 
  had 
  ever 
  seen 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  animals. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  Antelope 
  altar 
  is 
  largely 
  horizontally 
  

   placed, 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  sand 
  picture 
  and 
  accompanying 
  objects, 
  

   none 
  of 
  which 
  rise 
  high 
  above 
  the 
  floor. 
  The 
  only 
  upright 
  portion 
  

   of 
  this 
  altar 
  is 
  a 
  stone 
  slab 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Butterfly 
  Maid, 
  21 
  which 
  

   stands 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  altar, 
  making 
  a 
  very 
  ancient 
  form 
  of 
  reredos. 
  

  

  Prayers 
  to 
  idols. 
  — 
  The 
  method 
  of 
  praying 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  Hopi 
  

   is 
  practically 
  identical 
  for 
  all 
  idols. 
  When 
  an 
  altar 
  is 
  set 
  up 
  it 
  

   is 
  customary 
  for 
  a 
  devout 
  priest 
  on 
  entering 
  the 
  kiva 
  to 
  ask 
  the 
  

   chief, 
  as 
  he 
  steps 
  from 
  the 
  ladder, 
  whether 
  he 
  is 
  welcome 
  or 
  not, 
  

   and, 
  on 
  being 
  informed 
  that 
  he 
  is, 
  he 
  approaches 
  the 
  altar 
  with 
  

   the 
  fireplace 
  always 
  on 
  his 
  left 
  hand. 
  He 
  then 
  takes 
  a 
  little 
  prayer 
  

   meal 
  from 
  the 
  flat 
  basket 
  tray 
  on 
  the 
  floor, 
  and, 
  after 
  raising 
  it 
  to 
  

   his 
  mouth 
  and 
  praying, 
  sprinkles 
  it 
  upon 
  the 
  idols 
  and 
  other 
  altar 
  

   objects. 
  22 
  The 
  breath 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  prayer 
  meal 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  

   communicate 
  the 
  wish 
  of 
  the 
  worshiper 
  to 
  the 
  god 
  represented 
  by 
  

   the 
  idol. 
  When 
  a 
  priesthood 
  prays 
  as 
  a 
  body, 
  or 
  when 
  an 
  indi- 
  

   vidual 
  priest 
  offers 
  a 
  more 
  formal 
  prayer 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  prayer 
  

   stick, 
  it 
  is 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  girdle 
  about 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  idol. 
  These 
  

   prayer 
  sticks 
  are 
  generally 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  ridge 
  of 
  sand 
  before 
  the 
  

   image. 
  Another 
  method 
  of 
  prayer 
  is 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  stringed 
  

  

  20 
  The 
  last 
  time 
  the 
  author 
  saw 
  the 
  Antelope 
  altar 
  this 
  animal 
  was 
  still 
  In 
  use. 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  Butterfly 
  clan 
  Is 
  associated 
  with 
  Badger, 
  Butterfly, 
  and 
  kindred 
  families, 
  who 
  are 
  

   said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  among 
  the 
  latest 
  introductions 
  into 
  the 
  Hopi 
  country. 
  

  

  21 
  Under 
  prayers 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  smoking 
  tobacco 
  fumes 
  upon 
  idols 
  or 
  asperging 
  

   medicine 
  over 
  them, 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  regarded 
  as 
  symbolic 
  rain 
  prayers. 
  

  

  