CLAN NAMES AND OTHER NA]\IES DEEIVED FROM 



PLANTS 



Berheris fremontii Torr. Barberiy. Berberidace^e. Barberry 



family. 

 Ta'luptsine, 'yellow wood' {fa<fa'we, wood; lup'tsine, yellow). 

 Yellow Wood Clan, Taluptsikwe. 



Nicotiana attenuaia Torr. Wild Tobacco. SoLANACEiE. Night- 

 shade family. 

 A'na, 'tobacco.' 

 Tobacco Clan, A'nakwe. 



Sophia halidorum CockereU. Brassicace^. Mustard family. 

 Ai'yalio. 

 Ai'yahokwe Clan. 



Svida stolonifera riparia Rydb. Dogwood. Cornace^. Dog- 

 ,- wood family. 

 Pi'cliiko. 

 Dogwood Clan, Pi'chikwe. The Pi'chikwe is regarded with special 

 significance, not onlj^ because the Sun Priest must ho. chosen from 

 this clan, but also for the reason that it is associated with a number 

 of the sacred myths of the Zuni. 



Zea rnnys. Indian Corn. Poace^. Grass family. 

 To'wa (archaic), 'corn.' 

 Corn Clan, To'wakwe. 



Kwin'ihwa, 'black corn.' 

 Black Corn Clan, Kwln'ikwakwe. 



Many children, especially girls, are named for plants. 

 Mountains, springs, lakes, and towns are also named for plants. 

 The most beautiful mesa in the Southwest is To'wa yal'lannc. Corn 

 Mountam — so named, the Zuiii say, because- they carried their corn 

 on their backs to the summit of this mountam when they fled from 

 the great flood which destroyed most of the world. 



Of the many stopping-])laccs mentioned in the recital of the migra- 

 iion legends of the Zuiii in quest of the middle ])lace of the world, 

 several have plant names: 



Pi'Maia, 'spring plant' (Berula erecta (Huds.) CoviUe). Water 

 Parsnip. 



To'seluna, 'high grass,' referring to a special variety. 

 V'hana Icwi, 'moss place.' 

 Pi'shu Jciaia Icwi, 'poison oak spring place.' 

 To'loTcndna Icwi, 'rushes place.' 

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