FLETCHER] FOURTH AND FIFTH RITUALS 299 



II 



Look down, South g'ods. look upon usi We gaze afar on your dwelling. 

 Look down while here we are standing, look down upon us, ye mightyl 

 Ye daylight gods, now behold us! 

 Ye sunshine gods, now behold us! 

 Ye increase gods, now behold us! 

 Ye plenty gods, now behold us! 



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Look down. North gods, look up m us! We .gaze afar on your dwelling. 

 Look down while here we are standing, look down upon us, ye mighty! 

 Ye darkness gods, now behold us! 

 Ye moonlight gods, now behold us! 

 Ye that direct, now liehold us! 

 Ye that discern, now behold us! 



The structure of the ftr.st division of the Preparation, initial rites, 

 is worthy of notice. Eacli of its four rituals is complete in itself, but 

 the symbols, rhythms, and movements of all are closelj- connected, 

 forming a drama of two %\orlds. The four rituals are a compact 

 whole, from the opening appeal in the first song of the first ritual to 

 the culmination in the fourth ritual, from the appeal to the powers in 

 the order of creation for their presence to the answer of tliis apjieal 

 made ^nsible by the rhythmic ceremonial steps, in the form of the 

 syml)olic presence whose "feet will move with" the feet of the suppli- 

 ants as they journey to the land of the Son. 



Second Division. The Journey 



fifth ritual 



Part I. Mother Corn Asserts Authority 



The three songs of the first part of tlie fiftli ritual have a fixed 

 sequence, and relate to the supernatural leadership of the ear of corn. 



The first refers to the second ritual, where the spirits of those assem- 

 bled iit the lodge became as one spirit and joined the spirit of Mother 

 Corn in her search for the Sou (see explanation by the Ku'rahus, fifth 

 ritual, first song). The journey then prefigured is now about to 

 begin. The Father's party are again enjoined to l)ecome as one spirit, 

 and as one spirit to follow Mother Corn over "the devious waj." 



FIRST SONG 11 



The first song, like that of the second ritual, is in four musical 

 phrases. Both refer to the four paths down which tlie lesser powers 



descend. 



Diuyram of Time 



' Mui^ir on pa^e 6-S. 



