LA PLBSCHE] TRIBAL, KITES — FREE TRANSLATION 109 



42. Shall stumble over them and fall. 



43. Even the gods themselves 



44. As they move over the earth pass around me in forked lines as I 



sit immovable as the great black boulder. 



45. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



46. Even the gods themselves 



47. Shall pass around them in forked lines as they travel the path 



of life. 



48. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



49. He said to them: Behold the great white swan. 



50. Verily, I am a person who has made of the great white swan his 



body. 



51. Behold, the god of night (the Wa'-tse Do-ga, The Male Star, the 



morning star) . 



52. Verily, I am a person who has made of the god of night his body. 



53. Behold, the great white boulder, that sitteth upon the earth. 



54. Verily, I am a person who has made of the great white boulder 



his body. 



55. When the httle ones make of me their bodies, 



56. Even the gods themselves 



57. Shall stumble over them and fall. 



58. Even the gods themselves 



59. As they move over the earth pass around me as I sit immovable 



as the great white boulder. 



60. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



61. Even the gods themselves 



62. Shall pass around them as they pass around the great white 



boulder. 



63. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



64. He said to them: Behold the male elk, that lieth upon the earth. 



65. Behold, the yellow boulder, that sitteth upon the earth. 



66. Verily, I am a person who maketh the male elk to draw from the 



yellow boulder its power. 



67. Behold Wa'-tse Mi-ga (the Female Star, the evening star). 



68. Verily, I am a person who maketh the yellow boulder to draw 



from the evening star its power. 



69. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



70. Even the gods themselves 



71. Shall stumble over them and fall. 



72. Even the gods themselves 



73. As they move over the earth pass around me as I sit immovable 



as the great yellow boulder. 



74. When the Uttle ones make of me their bodies, 



