484 INTRODUCTION TO ZUNI CEREMONIALISM [eti 



That their arms may be broken by the snow, 



In order that the land may be thus, 



I have made my prayer sticks Into living beings. 



Following wherever the roads of the rain makers come out, 



May the ice blanket spread out. 



May the ice blanket cover the country; 



All over the land 



May the flesh of our earth mother 



Crack open from the cold; 



That your thoughts may bend to this, 



That your words may be to this end; 



For this witli prayers I send you forth. 



When our earth mother is replete with living waters, 



When spring comes. 



The source of our flesh, 



All the different kinds of corn, 



We shall lay to rest in the ground. 



With their earth mother's living waters, 



They will be made into new beings. 



Coming out standing into the daylight 



Of their sun father, 



Calling for rain. 



To all sides they will stretch out their hands. 



Then from wherever the rain makers stay quietly 



They will send forth their misty breath; 



Their massed clouds filled with water will come out to sit down with us; 



Far from their homes. 



With outstretched hands of water they will embrace the corn. 



Stepping down to caress them with their fresh waters. 



With their fine rain caressing the earth. 



With their heavy rain caressing the earth. 



And yonder, wherever the roads of the rain makers come forth, 



Torrents will rush forth. 



Silt will rush forth, 



Mountains will be washed out. 



Logs will be washed down, 



Yonder all the mossy moimtains 



Will drip with water. 



The clay-lined hollows of our earth mother 



Will overflow with water, 



From all the lakes 



Will rise the cries of the children of the rain makers. 



In all the lakes 



There will be joyous dancing — 



Desiring that it should be thus, 



I send forth my prayers. 



That our earth mother 



May wear a fourfold green robe. 



Full of moss. 



Full of flowers, 



Full of pollen. 



That the land may be thus 



I have made you into living beings. 



