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i'agojo 'star ; 7iiy,vjse 'heat lightning 'light'; k'qyj' 'hoariness' 

 'hoary'; T' locative and adjective-forming postfix). \igoJo my,tvse.- 

 leT' 'a bright star' {'agojo 'star'; m^iivse 'heat lightning' 'light'; 

 ke 'strength' 'strong'; '/''' locative and adjective-forming postfix). 



Wl ^agojo nqh' iijqwqi] f 'a star descends angry' {wi 'a' 'one'; 

 ''agojo 'star'; «4 'it'? ^'V]f 'angiy'; ^?m/;,/' 'to descend'). This is 

 said of a falling star; curiously enough, the Jemez have the same idea: 

 p']ise v"u,hy, gfiihdmi 'a star is going to fight' ' a star is chasing to fight' 

 {py,se 'one'; wy^hy, 'star'; gfuhd 'to fight'; »z^ 'to go'). The Tewa 

 sometimes also say \igojo nqkdq 'a star falls' (^ agojo 'star'; nq, 'it'; 

 kefq 'to fall', said of a single object). 



A comet is called ^agojo qwsendi^i 'tailed star' {agojo 'star'; 

 qivseyj' ' tail ' ; i'i locative and adjective-forming postfix) . The comet 

 seen in November, 1910, excited the interest of the Tewa. 



The Morning Star, i. e., the brightest star seen in the morning, is 

 called merely 'a^fy'o so'^jo 'big star' (agojo 'star'; so'^jo 'big'). In 

 this Tewa agrees with nearly all the Indian languages of the South- 

 west. It is a male divinity-. "One of the fetiches of Tzi-o-ueno 

 Ojua, or the morning star."^ Tsiguw^miyyok'ti/iva is the Lightning 

 Cachina (tst'guws^nurfy 'lightning''; ''ok'uwa 'Cachina spirit') and not 

 the Morning Star. 



The Evening Star is, however, to the Tewa a female divinity. Her 

 name is Tsel'qnf'agtjo 'dim yellow star' or TseVqyhv/jo 'old 

 woman with the yellowish hoarj^ hair' {fse 'yellowness' 'yellow'; 

 k'qyf 'dimness' 'dim' 'fadedness' 'faded' 'hoariness' 'hoary'; \igojo 

 'star'; hm'jo 'old woman"). She is followed by ^Oke agojo (see below), 

 who has a carnal desire for her. 



' Ohf agojo or ^Agojo^oA'e ' star of San Juan Pueblo ' (' Oke ' San Juan 

 Pueblo'; ^ agojo 'star') is said to be a bright star that continually 

 chases 'Tse¥qnf' agojo; see above. 



Agojosin4i'^ 'horned star' (^ agojo 'star'; s^ijf 'horn'; 'i"' locative 

 and adjective-forming postfix) is a bright star not j'et identified. 



^Al'ompije"'- \igojo 'the southern star' (^al-qmpije 'south'; '/'"loca- 

 tive and adjective-forming postfix; ''agojo 'star'). This is a bright 

 star seen far in the southern heavens. In October it is seen near 

 dawn. 



The Tewa had no special name for *the North Star. They did not 

 notice particularly that one star in the sky is stationary. Of it might 

 be said: winqm^mpi 'it does not march' [ivi . . . jn negative; -/iq 

 'it'; nnsK.fjf 'to go'). 



The Tewa did not know planets other than the Morning Star and 

 the Evening Star. The latter are now one planet, now another, but 

 they did not know it. 



iBandelier, Final Report, pt. i, p. 309, 1S90. 

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