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TRIBAL KITES — FRKE TRANSLATION 



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4. Saying: O, grandfather, 



5. We have nothing that is fit for use as a symbol. 



6. TheTsi'-zhu Wa-no" replied: 



7. You say you have nothing that is fit to use as a symbol. 



8. I am a person who is fit to use as a symbol, 



9. For of the god of day who sitteth in the heavens (fig. 9), 



10. I, as a person, have verily made my body. 



1 1 . When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



12. Even of the god of day who sitteth in the heavens, 



13. The little ones as a people shall make their bodies. 



14. When the little ones make of the god of day their bodies, 



15. They shall be free from all causes of death. 



16. When they make of the god of day the means of reaching old age, 



1 7. They shall always live to see old age as they travel the path of life. 



Fig. 9. — Mi Ga-gthe'-<;e (Sun rays). In certain atmospheric conditions tile sun as it rises throws up 

 broad spreading rays. Thirteen of these rays are the war symbols oi the Tsi'-zhu Wa-no° gens. The 

 rods used by the warriors in recounting their military honors are made to symbolize these thirteen 

 rays. 



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



19. Of these gods the little ones shall make their bodies, 



20. Of the god of night who sitteth in the heavens, 



21. I, as a person, have verily made my body. 



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



23. Even I, who am difficult to be overcome by death, 



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



25. They shall cause themselves to be difficult to overcome by death 



as they travel the path of life. 



26. Of the male star, who sitteth in the heavens (the morning star), 



27. That god also, 



28. The little ones shall make their bodies. 



