MINDELEFF] HOUSE DEDICATION SONGS 505 
Qojonli cogan 
May it be delightful my house; 
Citsv’ dje qgojonli 
From my head may it be delightful; 
Cikéeve qojonli 
To my feet may it be delightful; 
Ciyd/e qojonli 
Where I lie may it be delightful; 
Cikigi ¢daltso qojonli 
All above me may it be delightful; 
Cind ¢altso gojonli 
All around me may it be delightful. 
He then flings a little of the meal into the fire, saying— 
QMojonli hoge cikoy 
May it be delightful and well, my fire. 
and tosses a handful or two up through the smoke hole, saying— 
Qojonli Tetyhanoat cigd naiient® 
May it be delightful Sun (day carrier), my mother’s ancestor, for this gift; 
Qojonli nacdle cogan 
May it be delightful as I walk around my house. 
Then two or three handfuls of meal are sprinkled out of the doorway 
while he says— 
Qojonli cae/gin cigd 
May it be delightful this road of light, | my mother’s ancestor. 
The woman then makes an offering to the fire by throwing a few 
small handfuls of meal upon it, and as she sprinkles it she says in a 
subdued voice— 
Qojonli cikoy 
May it be delightful my fire; 
Qojonli caltcint daltso yahoge 
May it be delightful for my children; may all be well; 
Qojonli cibeagan daltso yahoce 
May it be delightful with my food and theirs; may all be well 
(diltso cinalgéya yahoce ¢olel 
All my possessions well may they ve made (that is, may they bemade to increase) ; 
Gadltso cilty yahoce dolels 
All my flocks well may they be made (to increase). 
When a hogan is built fora woman who has no husband, or if the 
husband is absent at the time, the wife performs all these ceremonies. 
In the absence of white cornmeal, yellow cornmeal is sometimes used, 
but never the ¢qa¢igty ¢ogli’j, the sacred blue pollen of certain flowers, 
which is reserved exclusively for the rites of the shaman. 
By the time these forms have been observed night will have fallen. 
During the day, while the house building was in progress, the women 
were busily engaged in preparing food; all now gather inside the 
hogan, a blanket is suspended over the door frame, all the possessions 
of the family are bought in, sheepskins are spread on the floor, the fire 
