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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



|ETH. ANN. 47 



This many days, 



Making the days of my two fathers, 



The ones who hold tlie high 



places,^' 

 5 Keeping their days, 

 I have lived. 

 My fathers. 

 Rain maker priests. 

 Rain maker pekwins 

 And yon, far off at the fourth rim 



of the encircling ocean, 

 10 You who are our fathers, rain 



maker bow priests, 

 TsiEahiya,-' Riilawani,-' 

 From wherever you abide per- 

 manently 

 Send forth your misty breath ; 

 Your little wind blown clouds, 

 15 Your thin wisps of cloud, 

 Your black streaks of cloud. 

 Your masses of clouds replete with 



living waters, 

 You will send forth to stay with us. 

 With your fine rain caressing the 



earth, 

 With your heavy rain caressing the 



earth, 

 20 With your great pile of waters here 



at Itiwana 

 You will pass us on our roads. 

 Desiring this, my fathers, 



I have made your days. 

 25 When you pass me on my road 

 All my ladder descending chUdren 

 Will refresh themselves with yovir 



living waters. 

 That the crowns of their heads may 



sometimes be wet with dew, 

 In order that this may be 

 You, my fathers, yonder on all 



sides. 



le'si le'wanan'e 

 yam a-'tcia tatc i'li te"ona 

 te'alan i'lona 

 a''tcian te'wanan a'cna 

 5 a''tcian te'wanan i'li ho' ^e'wanan 



te'aiye 

 hom a-'tatcu 

 u'wanam a'ciwan'i 

 u'wanam'i pe'kwi-we. 

 la'ihok" a''witen i''yalto Ea'ful 



u'lapna'kowa 

 10 to"na hon a-'tatc i'li u'wanam 



a"'pi'la'ci'wan'i 

 tsi'Eahaiya Ka'lawan-i 

 hoi yam li'nan ia'Ei'kowa 

 yam ci'pololon-e }-a'nhakuna 



kwai"iEana 

 yam pi'tcinan*e 

 15 yam su'lahaiyan'e 

 yam Ja'pihaiyan'e 

 yam a'weluyan ka'kwi ya"'na 



i''muna kwai"ik'ana 

 yam Ka'^san li'ton te'lakwi 



yam Ea'iana hton f^e'lakwi 



20 i'tiwanakwi j'am Ea'cima pu'c- 



kwe'n a'kii 

 hom ton o'na-e'latena'wa 

 lu'^' a'ntecemana 

 hom a''tatcu 



to"na"wan ho' te'wanan a'cka 

 25 hom ton o'na-e'latenawapa 



le"wi hom le'tsilon pani-nan tca'we 

 a'ka Ca'cima ka'kwikana 



ko-w a-'wotsimowa Ka'laiya hoi 

 le'wanan a-'teatun'ona 



leva la la'lhok" le'si te'kwi hom 

 a-'tatcu 



2^ Or "those who guard the housetops" — the twin gods of war. 



2^ Supernaturals associated in their dual capacity of warriors and rain makers with sudden thunder- 

 storms. They live in springs and have long streaming hair. (Tsilcahaiya means "quick moving hair.") 

 A dirigible which flew over Zurii some years ago was identified with Kalawan'i, who looks "like an icicle" 

 when he appears to mortals. Kalawani is sometimes impersonated in mask with a tablet headdress and 

 long flowing hair reaching to his knees. The third supernatural usually mentioned with Tsikahaiya and 

 J^alawani is Kupictaiya (cf. Keres Kopictaiya), called by Mrs. Stevenson lightning makers. There is 

 some confusion in the minds of the Zufii as to whether these are individuals or classes of supernaturals. 

 The latter is more in keeping with Zuni ideology. 



