IV. pra^t:rs of the war cult 



The Bow Priest Makes Prayer Sticks at the Winter Solstice 



My two fathers, 

 You who dwell in high places ' 

 Ma'asewi ^ 

 Uyuye'wi 

 5 For you it is the new year. 

 Since it is the new year, 

 All the beings that dwell in mossy 



mountains, 

 The beings who dwell in shady 



places, 

 The forest beings, 

 10 The brush beings. 

 Oak being 

 Willow being ' 

 Red wUlow being ' 

 lanilkowa being ^ 

 15 Cottonwood being 



Taking the straight young shoots of 



all these. 

 These we shall make into prayer 



plumes. 

 For my fathers, 

 20 The divine ones, 



I have destined these prayer plumes. 

 When my fathers 

 The divine ones 



Take hold of their prayer plumes, 

 25 When they clothe themselves with 



their prayer plumes, 

 Then all to my children 

 Long life, 

 Old age. 



All good fortune whatsoever, 

 30 You will grant; 



So that I may raise corn. 

 So that I may raise beans, 

 So that I may raise wheat, 

 So that I may raise squash, 

 35 So that with all good fortune I may 



be blessed. 



hom a''tatc a''tci 

 te'alan i'lou a-'tci 

 ma"ase'wi 

 u'yuye'wi 

 5 to'na i'tiwanan te"tci 

 i'tiwanan te"tcina 

 lew a'wico ya'la'kowa a-'te'ona 



te'lula'kowa te"wa i'laji a-'te'ona 



takwil p3''?i 

 10 lakwil ps'ti 



a'si a''te'ona 



i'pina a''te'ona 



la'l"atu a''te'ona 



la'nilkowa a''te'ona 

 15 po'la a"'te'ona 



te'mla a''£awu!kwi'na 



u"sona te'likina-we 



a''ya-E:ana'wa. 



yam a-'tatcu 

 20 Ea'pin a-'ho'i. 



te'lilfinan a^'wanhai'tefea. 



hom a"'tatcu 



Kiipin a''ho'i 



te'likinan a-'yatena 

 25 te'likinan i-'leana 



le''w hom tea' we 



o'na ya''nalfa 



la'ciaka 



kwa'hol yam te'n-i ha'lowilin-e 

 30 te'mla hom Ion a'nhaitena'wa 



a'k' ho'o mi'ya'un'a 



no'lfa'un'a 



kiiiya'un'a 



ho' mo'la'un-a 

 35 kwa'hol te'mla hom ton a'nik- 

 tciana'wa. 



' The gods of war, whose shrines are on mountain tops. The phrase might also be rendered as "those 

 who guard the housetops.'* 



2 The Keresan name for tlie elder of the two gods of war. H is Zuhi name, which is esoteric, is Matsailema. 

 According to Mrs. Stevenson he is the younger brother. Both this name and that of Uyuye.wi were 

 unknown to the interpreter to whom the prayer was read, but her father, who carves the image of the 

 younger brother, knew the names. 



3 The identifications are uncertain. 



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