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ZtJNI ORIGIN MYTHS 



a''wiwa'hika. i'HnakJi. 



they crossed over. They sat 



1 poana 



Sitting down 



le'si 



an a s'l 



his hands 



a-'tatcu 



fathers. 



hi-'nina. 



were the same. 



"li-'la 



"Here 



i'tiwanici. 



is the middle," 



te'kwin 



sides 



' le'kwapa 



thus having said 



a s'l 



anus 



u'leka 



he reached 

 out 



1 skon 



there 



an 



his 



a"'tsita 



mothers. 



Ea'-eto'we tcu'-eto"we mu'-etowe 



775le'-eto-we le* 



pe'kwd'we 



speakers. 



ti'ka 



society 



f pi - 



bow 



ti'ka a''ciwan'i ti'ka 



all society priests, society 



la-ciwan-i a-'wan tca'we yulakiti'ka. 



priests, their children came to rest. 



le'n i'no'te te'atika. 



Thus long ago it happened. 



Talk Concerning the First Beginning 



Yes, indeed. In this world there was no one at all. Always the 

 sun came up; always he went in. No one in the morning gave him 

 sacred meal; no one gave him prayer sticks; it was very lonely. He 

 said to his two children:'* "You will go into the fourth womb. 

 Your fathers, your mothers, Eaeto'we, tcu-eto-we, mu-eto'we, }e--eto- 

 we, all the society priests, society pekwins, society bow priests, you 

 will bring out yonder into the light of your sun father." Thus he 

 said to them. They said, "But how shall we go in?" "That will 

 be all right." Laying their lightning arrow across their rainbow bow, 

 they drew it. Drawing it and shooting down, they entered. 



When they entered the fourth womb it was dark inside. They 

 could not distinguish anything. They said, "WTiich way will it be 

 best to go?" They went toward the west. They met someone face 

 to face. They said, "Whence come you?" "I come from over this 

 way to the west." "What are you doing going around?" "I am 

 going around to look at my crops. Where do you live?" "No, we 

 do not Hve any place. There above our father the Sun, priest, 

 made us come in. We have come in," they said. "Indeed," the 

 younger brother said. "Come, let us see," he said. They laid down 

 their bow. Putting underneath some dry brush and some dry grass 

 that was lying about, and putting the bow on top, they kindled fire 

 by hand. When they had kindled the fire, Ught came out from the 

 coals. Asit came out, they blew on it audit caught fire. Aglow! It 

 is growing light. "Ouch! What have you there? " he said. He fell 

 down crouching. Hehad a slimy horn, slimy tail, he was slimy all over, 

 with webbed hands. The elder brother said, " Poor thing! Put out the 

 light." Saying thus, he put out the light. The youth said, "Oh dear, 

 what have you there? " "Why, we have fire," they said. "Well, what 



»' Watusti and Yanaluha, called Eaeto V a"i 



' a"wati* a'tci (rain fetish's two mouths) . 



