MICHELSON.] MAN UNRELEASED FROM DEATH CEREMONIES. 439 
in accordance with religious belief is denied everything. It is not 
lawful for him to bathe; not even to wash his face. Nor must 
he look at any one very long as long as he is unreleased from 
death-ceremonies. Nor is it lawful for him to speak to anyone, as 
long as he is unreleased from death-ceremonies. He even is not 
supposed to sleep long. After midnight he must already be awake. 
And he must have lain down to sleep early (in the evening). 
Furthermore he is wretched. Nor is it lawful for him to be where 
festivities are taking place as long as he is unreleased from death- 
ceremonies. And as long as he feels so badly he must not care for 
himself. They desire him to fast. It is impossible for one to whom 
that has happened not to fast. He surely fasts for a long time after 
his wife has died. 
Nor must he in any way dress gorgeously as long as an adoption- 
feast has not been held for his former wife. Nor is it lawful for him 
to dine well when he dines. He should merely eat corn. When they 
dine corn is what they eat. It is not lawful for them to eat all sorts 
of (foods). And whenever he walks about he should walk somewhere 
in the brush, so that he would be seen by no one. And he should go 
around in the thicket: he should not go on a road. If he sees any- 
one in the brush ahead (of him), he is to continue on his way. He 
should conceal himself. Only if he were seen then he should not 
conceal himself. But he should say nothing to him. And if he meets 
(somebody), he should keep on walking. He should say nothing to 
him. If (some one) says something to him, he should talk only a 
little with him. It is not lawful for them to speak long with each 
other. And he should always walk around by himself. And if he 
hunts he must hunt alone. It is not lawful for him and anyone to 
go around together: he should be alone. 
Tf he has a friend, and the latter comes to where the former lives, 
then only should he talk to him, but only if they are there by them- 
selves, might he talk to him. If any one (else) is there it is not law- 
ful. (If any one else were there he would act) as if he were an ill- 
natured man. He would merely keep sitting there. It would not be 
lawful for him to keep on talking with his friend. He would even 
talk roughly if any one else were there. It is not lawful (for him to 
do otherwise). And if his sister-in-law comes, he should do what- 
ever she says. It is not lawful for him to say, “Don’t” to her. 
That is how a man should do. 
Only after his wife has been released (by an adoption-feast being 
held), would he be, as it seems, to a small degree set free from restraint. 
Yet he would not also be his own master. No. He would always, it 
seems, go around restricted. 
