20 CONTEXTS 



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Paraphernalia and ritual 125 



Rock shrines 125 



Prayer sticks 125 



The ho'nani 1 29 



Altars 129 



Masks 130 



Kaehina dolls 131 



Rock carvings 131 



Ritual patterns 132 



Life cycle of an individual 132 



Birth 132 



Childhood 135 



Marriage and divorce 135 



Sickness and election to office 137 



Death 137 



Miscellany 138 



Hidden ball 138 



Salt gathering 139 



A love charm 139 



Summary comment 140 



Myths and tales 142 



Emergence and migration 142 



Origin and emergence 147 



Guitinanic (performing miracles), a story of the fight at Kacikatcutia. 148 



Masewi abandons latik" 150 



Antelope man brings back the k'atsina 154 



Masewi and Oyoyewi kill a giantess 156 



Masewi and Oyoyewi rescue a girl from a giantess 161 



The blind brother and the crippled brother 162 



How KauBat lost his eyes 165 



Tsictikatsame brings a bride from Wenimats' 168 



Mactcoai is killed trying to recapture a girl 170 



Kasewat rescues his wife from Flint Bird 172 



Kasewat rescues his wife from a giantess 178 



The adventures of San Diego 180 



Three snake tales from Acomita 189 



Bibliography 191 



Index 1087 



