stevenson] history myth 73 



History Myth of the Coming of the A'shiwi as Narrated by 



*KiAKLO 



The following- are the principal characters and objects which appear 

 in this histoiy. 



Pi'"l:l.shiwannite^yona,lekler and younger Kla^kwemosi, director of the house of 

 ^brother Bow 



Pi^"l;ishi\vanni te'yonaj priestsoftheplace. houses. 



Pau^tiwa, director-general of Ko'thh:- Pe'kwKn, deputy to the Sun Father. 



wala^wa. Et^towe," fetishes for rains and fructiti- 



'Kiilklo, deputy to director-general. cation. 

 A'' wan tii^chu Ko^yemshi, great father of 



the ancestral gods. " 



[Free translation] 



Narrator. Now we (the Zuiiis) come through the hole which is emptied 

 of water for our passage and afterward tills with water, and we 

 inhale the sacred breath of A'wonawil'ona.* While we are in the 

 fourth world, the blackness-of-soot world, our great fathers, Bow 

 priests of the place, work for us. The elder brother does not 

 care to perform the mysteries alone, but wishes his younger 

 brother to join him in his wonderful work. 



Elder hrotlier. This light (pointing above) is what we are looking for. 

 I have thought it all over. I want nn^ 3'ounger brother of the 

 place very much. 



[Text and interlinear translation.] 

 j}iar7Yitor. 



No'mihlte hon ji'miHcianapkiatea.^ 



Now we Ji'mi'kiauapkiatea. 



A'witen te'hula, an'nociyan te'hula. Ho'no li'Ma a'teyaye'. 



Fourth world, blackness-of-soot world. We here remuin. 



Ho'nawa a'wan a'tit'chu a'pi'4ashiwanni te'yona, 



Our great fathers, Bow priests of the plaoe, 



I'matiel'la,'' 3^am 3"u'_vanamonakia.' 



Do not wish, possessing all knowledge, fearing nothing to gain the end. 



Elder hrother. 



Lu'kia te'kohannan teshuna'kia. Zem'akwiwe ya'kiakia. 



This light of day looking for. Mind linished./ 



[pointing above] 



Yam suwe te'vona an'teshema ti'kia. 



My younger brother of the place want very much. 



a See p. 163. 



bSee p. 22. 



c Referring to water disappearing for the time being from the o[)ening in the earth through which 

 the A'shiwi came to this world (see p. 20). 



rf Referring to the Divine Ones not wishing the A'shiwi to remain in the undermost world. 



« The term is applied to one possessing all power and using the power only for good. It is in 

 this reference the term is applied to the Pi"'l;ishiwanni te'yona. The elder brother did not wish to 

 perform the mysteries alone, but desired that his younger brother should join him in his wonderfuJ 

 work. 



/Referring to having thought a matter over. 



