2(i6 TUSAYAN KATCINAS [etii. ann.15 



and the hijiliesl .suiitTiuitural beiiif^s. Tlii-re are misty lc'}^eiid.s that 

 long ago the Katcinas, like men, came from the under world and 

 brought with them various charms or naliii with wliich the Ilojii are 

 familiar. By some it is said that a llonani (Badger) chief came up 

 from the Atkyaa, or under world, in the center of a square whose four 

 sides were formed of lines of Katcinas, and that he bore in his left 

 hand a buzzard wing feather and a bundle of medicine luits on his back. 

 The Katcinas recognized liini as their cliief, and became Katcina 

 llonani, Badger Katcinas. 



The legend runs that in ancient times Ilahaiwiiqti ' emerged from 

 the under world followed by four sons, who were Katcinas, eacli bear- 

 ing in liis arms a pet called pi'iliiliikonuh, plumed seri)ent. Following 

 these four came other Katcinas with pets (pokomatii), of whom the 

 following are mentioned : 



One bearing p;ikwa, frog (water-eagle). 



One bearing piitsro, water-bird. 



One bearing i)awikya, duck. 



One bearing pavakiyuta, water on tlie backs bearers, aquatic 

 animals. 



One bearing yiifl'ocona, turtle. 



One bearing zrana, bullfrog. 



One bearing pavatiya, young water bearer (tadpole). 



The others with kwahii (eagle), parrot, crow, cooper's hawk, swallow, 

 and night hawk. 



The Sumaikoli pets for the six directions are: 



Sowiinwu, deer Kwiniwi. 



Pan'wfi, mountain sheep Tevyiiua. 



Tcii'bio, antelope Tatyiika. 



Tcaizrisa. elk Hopoka. 



Sowi, hare Omyi'ika. 



Tabo, cottontail rabbit Atkyantuka. 



The first four Katcinas bear a startling yet foreign resemblance to 

 the jSTavaho Etsutiicle.^ The word p(ikomatii is dittieult to translate, 

 but ''pets'' seems a good rendering. Its usage is similar to that of cer- 

 tain Navaho words. A Navaho woman speaks of a favorite child as 

 cili"; a man calls his pet horse cili", and the shaman designates his 

 fetich-emblem of a nature deity bili"; a Ilopi calls his dog poko. The 

 pet of Tunwui) is depicted on the altar as elsewhere mentioned in my 

 account of the reredos of the farewell Katcina at Walpi.' 



observers shows one of tlie difficulties -which besets the path of those who .attempt etymologic dissec- 

 tion of Pueblo words, iluiiy Zufii words in the mouths of the Hold sutfer strange moditications. so 

 that I aiu not greatly surpristid to lind idiomatic diA'crences between the llopi dialect of the East 

 mesa and that of Oraihi. How much may result after years of separation no one can tell, but tlie 

 linguist must be prepared to lind these <litlereuce8 very considerable. 



'This person is said to have been the mother of the Katcinas. She also was the mother of the 

 monslers, the slaughter of whom b.v the cultus hero, Pii'ukofihoya, and his twin brother is a con- 

 stant theme in Tusayan foljilori^ 



^Stevenson. Xavaho Sand I'aintings. in Kighlh Annual Uejxirt of the Iturean of Kthuology. 



^Journal of American Kthnology aud Arclueolgy, vol. II, No. 1. 



