392 ISLETA, NEW MEXICO [eth. ann. 47 



bringing your father to life." From there they went home to their 

 mother's house. When they got there they told their mother that 

 they got the head, and that Spider Grandmother told them she must 

 look for two ceremonial mantas, and on one they would place the 

 head and with the other cover it over. But nobody must peep in 

 to see what they were going to do until their father sat up. So they 

 put their mother out, and they laid down the manta and put on it 

 the head and covered it up, and they started to sing: 

 tabu'rikun *^ lio 



woman 



inkaiwem 



my father 



They sang this twice, then he started to move his head. The third 

 time he had all his body. The fourth time the body was complete. 

 The fifth time he raised his head up and stretched his arm. Then 

 his head fell back. So thej^ thought somebody was peeping, so 

 they sang: 



tabu'rikunUo 

 inkaiwem ai ai! 



They sang it five times again, but he did not move. They uncov- 

 ered him. He looked as if he was newly dead. So they called in 

 their mother and their relatives to show that they had brought back 

 their father's head, but because their mother peeped in their father 

 did not come to life. 



13. Unwelcome Suitors; Impregnation by Sun; Lake Boy; The 

 Twins Seek Their Father Sun; Shot Inside the Arrow; 

 Grandmother Spider's Little Pot; Dove Girls; The Twins 

 Make the Serpent Disgorge; Heart in the Egg; Sun Tests 

 IN Oven; Sun Gets a New Heart 



Natoai a man and a woman were living in Shamnue'toe' (Picuris). 

 They had a daughter (apiutoai), Pfcchuri (road yellow). Her father 

 was always jealous (Hapiai) of the boys who came around. Her 

 mother never scolded her; she loved her. Kabede he'wai wei'wa 

 (chief east belonging) asked for her, bringing white clothes for her. 

 Her father and mother told him to wait until they asked her and 

 showed her the clothes. They called her. Her father said, "The chief 

 of the east came and asked you to marry him. What do you think 

 about it? He brought clothes for you, if you wish to marry him." She 

 was looking at the clothes; she said, "O'ri! (oh, my!) WTiat will the 

 people of the village say if I marry him and use the white clothes? 

 They wdll say, 'There comes the pashimtere'de (white long) !'" She 

 felt ashamed and did not want to marry him. So next day the chief 

 of the east came to see what they thought. Pawieban,** they pump- 



83 An esoteric term for three ritual sticks. ** Pumpkin or squash. 



