FLETCHER] SECOND RITUAL 53 



Tni Halation (if Third Stanza 



134 ITa-a-a-a! An iiitrodiu'toiy exclaiiintioii. 



135 IFAtira hari, h'Atira havi. 



TI'Atira, mother broat.liiiig 1'ortli life. See line 125. 



hari, part of the word ilia ri, young; refers to the Son. 

 13tj He! Chixu nti hiata hari. 



he! look! behold! 



ehixn, the spirit. Sec line 12G. 



uti, moving. 



hiata, the air. Uti hiata refers to the spirits iiioving 

 thi'ongh the air. 



hari, part of iha'i'i, young; refers to tlie Son. 

 137 H'Atira hari! See line 135. 

 13.S H'Atira hari, h'Atira. Ha! See lines 135, 128. 



JExphui't/iiiii III/ the Ku' ruhiiN 



"When we sing this stanza the decision has been made. Mother 

 Corn lifts her head and .stands erect. Then she moves through the 

 air (uti hiata), flying on her journey to tlu^ Son, and we follow. 



It is not the ear of corn that travels through the air, nor do our 

 bodies follow, it is the spirit (ehixu) of the c-orn that moves, and it is 

 our spirits (chixn) that follow, that travel with her to the land of tlu* 

 Son. 



The i)atli uow (ipened by the spirit of Mother C.'orn we, the Fathers, 

 will lake, when w<' in oui' bodies journey to the Son, but the way must 

 first 1)6 oi)eiie(l and the path prepared by the spirit of Mother Corn. 

 This she is about to do. 



Translation of Fourth Stanza 



139, 140 See lines 134, 135. 



141 He! Chixu tih whichuini hari ; 



he! look! behold! 



chixu, the spirit of a person oi- a thing. 



tih, are in the. act of. 



whichuru, approaching, drawing near to a place. 



hari, ])art of iha'ri, children. 

 142, 143 See lines 127, 128. 



Exptaiiation tiij the Ku'raJiNH 



As we sit and sing this stanza our spirits follow the spirit of Mother 

 Corn, and now we are ai)proaehliig (tih whichuru), di'awiiig near to 

 the village wh(!re the Son lives. We .see it all (in the spirit) as with 

 Motiier Corn Ave approach the place whei-e the Son dwells. 



