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The Tewii colors are: north, ts<iyio^''r'- 'blue' 'green'; west, fseji'* 

 'yellow'; south, p/T* 'red'; east, fsse''i'^ 'white'; above, issege''P' 'all- 

 colored' or ii^msege^'P^ 'variously colored'; below, ^/g/i^r* 'black'. 



Bandelier's information,' probably obtained by him at San Juan, is 

 identical. An old Tewa of San Ildefonso said that this assignment 

 of colors seems very natural to him. The north always looks blue to 

 him, he says. The west is yellow, for it is not as l)right as the east. 

 The south is hot and reddish. The east is white j\ist before the sun 

 rises. The above is a mixture of all colors, like the sky, and the 

 below is black. The Tewa do not seem to be aware that neighboring 

 tribes assign different coloi's. 



In connection with Tewa color symbolism Bandelier saj^s:' "The 

 summer sun is green, the winter sun yellow." "The winter rainbow 

 is white, the summer rainbow tricolored." 



CARDINAL, CORN MAIDENS 



The Tewa mention six corn maidens, each assigned a direction 

 and a color: north, K'y,tsqnyu'a'''nfit., Blue Corn Maiden; west, 

 K'y,rs€Jia'"-nfij,, Yellow Corn Maiden; south, K'y.'pinu-a^"nf'\i, Red 

 Corn Maiden; east, ICij,tss^nj'u'a"^nfy,, White Corn Maiden; above, 

 K'iitsse[/e''r''a'^n_/H, All-colored Corn Maiden; below, K'y,p'e'ndra'''n- 

 j'y,, Black Corn Maiden. 



CARDINAL MAMMALS 



North, k'xrjj' 'mountain-lion'; west, ke 'beai''; south, he'a 'badger'; 

 east, /?'t(yo 'wolf; above, tse 'eagle'; below, nqtjlu'sRijf 'gopher', lit. eai'th 

 mountain-lion {nqijy 'earth'; Tc's^t)/ 'mountain-lion"). These are very 

 powerful medicine animals. The sacred corn-meal is thrown as a 

 sacrifice to these and other divinities. The names have been obtained 

 at San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, and Nambe. Mrs. Stevenson 

 has recorded similar "beast-gods" from Zuni and Sia. 



CARDINAL BIRDS 



An investigator at Santa Clara obtained the following names of 

 cardinal birds: north, txe 'eagle'; west, ; south, q-irxrapi 'red- 

 tail hawk' or tan, fi 'macaw'; east, ; above, l^'untsue^ unidenti- 

 fied, lit. 'corn bird' {Jc'y.ijf 'maize'; tsUe 'bird'); below, katsue, un- 

 identified, lit. 'leaf bird' [lui 'leaf; t»!.ie 'bird'). Mrs. Stevenson 

 has recorded the Zuni and Sia cardinal birds. 



CARDINAL SNAKES 



The Tewa of San Ildefonso mention ■aia/iyy,, or serpent deities of 

 the six regions, each with its appropriate color. Mrs. Stevenson ^ 

 mentions (not by name) the six snakes of the cardinal regions of the 

 Zuni, and gives ^ the Sia names of six serpents of the cardinal points. 



' Final Report pt. i, p. 311, 1S90. 2 The Zuni Indians, p. 445. a The Sia, p. U9. 



