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HISTORY MYTH 



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blue deer of the West; tlie god with the scapula of the red deer of 



the South; the god with the scapula of the' white deer of the East; 



the god with the scapula of the every-colored deer of the Zenith; 



the god with the scapula of the black deer of the Nadir. 

 I wish the god with wood ears on his mask ver}^ much. 

 I wish the god with the wool cap very much. 

 I wish the god possessing many deer ver^- much. 

 I wish the god A'nahoho" very much. 

 I wish the god Shu'laawi'si very much. 

 1 wish the gods who carry reed staffs ornamented with twigs of the 



spruce tree of the west'^ very much. 

 1 wish the shaker, the great director, who goes about, very much. 

 I wish all of the gods with blue-horned masks very much. 



a This mask is white with a black hand over the face. 



&Mn'luktiikTa (tall thin gods). 



<• So named because this god possesses many deer. 



''The name which is usually applied to the "Si'tonne gods is Mu'luktakia (tall thin god). A frog 

 decorates the back of the mask. The personators of these gods carry long reed staffs with spruce 

 twigs attached in the middle. These staffs have feather ornamentation of a variety of bird plumes. 



<■ This iiMine is applied to 'Kiiiklo, as he continually says "hiishi " and shakes his body as he pro- 

 ceeds and sprinkles meal when he comes at sunrise following the appearance of the gods on the 

 eighth day (see p. 96). He comes from Kii'shilowa, and after visiting the four te'witawe (plazas) 

 departs while it is still early day over the western road. 



