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DPqtjf 'turkey foot' {d,l 'turkey' 'chicken'; ^iyf 'foot'). This 

 is an easily learned constellation of the exact form of a turkey's foot. 

 The Mexicans do not know it. The Tewa also make a cat's cradle in 

 the form of a ^Pq.yf. 



KuqioUesipu 'belh' of a sling' Qcu 'stone'; qicUe 'to sling'; sqni 

 'the hollow under a person's ribs'). This is applied to the Dolphin, or 

 Job's CofBn, constellation. The Mexicans interviewed did not know 

 it. It has the form of a sling belly. 



P'eketo 'yoke' {p e 'stick' 'wood'; ke 'neck'; to ' to be in or on'). 

 This is a translation of Spanish el Yugo, 'the Yoke." name of the 

 square part of the Little Dipper, or Ursa Minor, constellation. 



The jMilky AVay has two names. ''Opatul^'^, 'backbone of the uni- 

 verse' ('ci/x< 'woi'ld' 'universe'; tu 'back'; Uy, ' hard straight thing' 

 'bone') appears to be the common name. It is called also TsxVoM 

 'whitishness' (tsse. 'whiteness' 'white'; Jc'oM element to weaken force 

 of tss^. The Taos and the Jemez call the Milky Way by names which 

 mean 'backbone of the universe.' The Mexicans usually call it el 

 Camino del Cielo. 



The Underworld 



No term for 'underworld' different from those meaning 'the below' 

 has been olitained. (See under Cardinal Directions.) The Tewa 

 declare that they believe in a single underworld, where the sun shines 

 at night, pale like the moon. It was there that the human race 

 and the lower animals lived until they found their way through 

 Sipop'e (see pp. 567-69) and entered this world. The underworld 

 is dark and dank, and this world rests on top of it. The under- 

 world is never personified; it is the base of ^opa ' the universe.' 

 When the sun sets in the west it passes through a lake {pokiri) and 

 enters the underworld {'opanuge or nqnsog.eni(ge), passing through 

 the latter to reach the east {fdmpije) again. 



In the underworld is situated Wajima, ' ' the happ}" hunting-grounds " 

 (see pp. 571-72). Waji77ia is described as a kiva-like place of the 

 spirits of the dead. The word is akin to Cochiti Wenj'ema and Zuui 

 Wejima. 



The Earth 



Nqyf 'the earth'; personified as Nqijkwijo 'Earth Old Woman' 

 {ndyj' 'earth'; kwijo 'old woman'), wife of the Sky. Bandelier' says: 

 "The earth a female deity, called Na-uat-ya Quio, and totally dis- 

 tinct from the conception of below." " Na-uat-ya Quio " must be 

 intended for Ndykwijo, as the Earth is not known bj^ any other name. 

 For the peculiar "-uat-ya" cf. Bandelier's " 0-pat-y ", quoted under The 

 Skt. According to Mrs. Stevenson- the Zuni speak of "A'witelin 



> Final Report, pt. I, p. 312, 1890. ^xhe Zuni Indians, p. 21. 



