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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



40 Spreading word about among them, 

 You will think to give them good 



turquoise. 

 To this end, my children, 

 Through all the time set aside for 



them, 



Eagerly you will await their day. 

 After a good night 

 May you come to day. 

 And to-morrow 

 50 After a good day may you come to 

 evening. 

 And as each day comes, 

 Eagerly may you wait their day. 



55 May your thought not be vacillat- 

 ing. 

 Indeed, thougli I call mj-self poor, 

 Far off I shall have someone for my 

 father. 

 60 For there is one who by virtue of the 

 dry bow ^ 

 Holds us all as his children. 

 His representative am I. 



Asking for life from him 

 65 I shall add to your breath. 



And furthermore, 



Emerging into the daylight 



Yonder on all the mossy mountains 



All about they have set their sacred 

 places,' 

 70 The ones who hold the high places, 



Ahayuta yellow,* 



Blue, 



Red, 



White, 

 75 Many colored, 



The dark one. 



These were bow priests. 



Holding us as their children 

 80 They abide in all their sacred places 

 round about. 

 To all these places 

 Sending forth my prayer to them. 



la"noEo. 

 40 a''wan penan i'tulohana 

 lo"o Eakci a''leatun'ona 

 ton a'ntse'mana'wa 

 Fe'wuna' hom tca'we 

 le'Eon hai'to 



45 a'ni^sume'na 



hon te'wanan a"'teKan"a 



te'Hnan ki'kci 



?:on a-'wantewatu. 



fe'wan ya'ton-e 

 50 ya'ton Ko'kci 



ton su-'nhakana'wa 



i'sljiin te'wanan a-'tun te'kwi 



a'ntsume'na 



ton te'wanan a''teEan'a 

 55 el i'ke'lu'na 



to'na-'wan Ise'makwi tea'metu 



ta'tcic te'wuko'liya lekwanante 



ho'lomacko'na 



tcu'waya ho' tatc i'likan-a 

 60 pi'Ian Eu'sn'akii 



ho' tca'wili te"ona 

 lu'JfaEa a'ntelia'na 

 yam ho"i te"ona 

 te'Eohanan ai'ncemana 

 65 to"na'wan ho' pi"nan te'liun-a 

 le'stikleapa 

 te'Eohanan ya'naEiipa 

 la'lhok" a'wico yala'kona 

 Je'lacin u'lapEanaplja 



70 te'alan i'lapona 



a'haiyuta lu'ptsina 



li'an-a 



a'hon'a 



Eohan-a 

 75 i'fopana'na 



ci'kan-a 



lu'knoEo 



pi'laciwanuEiilja 



ho"na tca'wilapa 

 80 te'lacin u'lapna 



a''teaiye 



la'noEi 



yam te'wusu pe'nan te"tciKana 



« Pi'lan Eusna, dry bow, used metaphorically for the war chief. The supernaturals, in this case the war 

 gods, exert power through their human representatives. 

 " .\t the time of the emergence. 

 8 The war gods, as inhabitants of their six shrines, associated with the six directions. 



