52 THE HAKO, A PAWNKS CEREMONY [eth. Ann. 82 



Explaiuitioii hij tlie Kii' rahus 



As we sing this stanza eveiyone l)en(ls his mind toward the ear of 

 corn, for our spirits (chixu) and the spirit (cliixn) of the corn must 

 converge (whitika), must come together and unite for the purpose of 

 linding tlie Son. Tlie ear of corn is a part of li'Uraru (see line 10), 

 3I()tlier Earth, the mothei' of all things, so we call the ear of corn 

 Mother Corn; and because she su^jports our life tlirough food, we 

 s])eak of her as h'Alira, mother giving forth life. 



All things live on the earth, ]\Iother Corn knows and can reach all 

 things, can reach all men, so lu-i- si)irit is to lead our spirits in this 

 •search over the earth. When ^lother Corn went up to Tira'walmt at 

 the 1 ime she was painted (see lines S2 t() 123), power was given her to 

 lead the spirits of all tilings in the air and to command the birds and 

 tlie animals connected with the Hako. Endowed with power from 

 Tira'wahut above and from li'Uraru (Mother Earth) below, Mother 

 Corn leads and we must follow her, our spirits must follow her spirit. 

 We must fix our minds upon Mother Corn and upon the Son, who is 

 tlie <>l)Ject of our search. It is a very difficult thing to do. ^VIl our 

 spirits must become united as one spirit, and as one spirit we must 

 approach the spirit of Mother Corn. This is a very hard thing to do. 



Translation of Second Stmi.za 



Jl'!) Ila-a-a-a! An introductory exclamation. 



130 li'Atira hari, h'Atira hari. 



h'Atira, Mother lireatliing forth life. See line 125. 

 hari, part of the word ilia I'i, offspring, children. 



131 lie! Chixu ti ucliitika hari. 



he! look! l)ehold: 



chixu, spirit of a person or thing. 



fi, have. See line 12(1. 



uchilika, meililating on; turning over a suljject in one's 



mind and eoiisiilering it in all its aspects, 

 hari, part of iiia'ii, young; refers to the Sou. 



132 ITAtira hari! See line 130. 



133 H'Atira hari, h'Atira. lla! See lines 128, 130. 



E-vplanoHon hij the Ku'ralnis 



W'JLen we sing this stanza our spirits and llie spirit of Mother Corn 

 have come together. Now we are all to meditate. We sit with bowed 

 heads, and Mother Corn sits with bowed head. We are all to think 

 over and consider (uchitika) who shall be the Son. 



We must all agree ui^on the choice, Mother Corn and all. 



It is very difficult for all to unite, but we must do so before we can 

 follow Mother Corn where she determines to lead us. It often takes 

 a long time. 



