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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



After the scalp has been set up in the plaza the pekwin addresses 

 the people : 



Now this day 



This many of the children of the 



corn priests, 

 Neglecting their children, 

 Neglecting their wives, 

 5 Went out yonder into the enemy's 



country. 

 Then suddenly, one of the enemy, 

 Even one who stayed quietly in 



his hut, 

 10 Even one who thought himself a 



man, 

 In a shower of arrows. 

 In a shower of stones. 

 In a shower of war clubs. 

 With bloody head, 

 15 The enemy 



Reached the end of his life. 

 The ones who are our fathers, 

 Beast bow priests, 

 With their claws, 

 20 Tore from the enemy 

 His water-filled covering. 

 Into the country of the corn 



priests 

 The enemy made his road enter. 

 25 Four times encircling the town. 



The corn priests water-filled court 



He made his road enter. 

 In the corn priests' water-filled 

 court 

 30 Setting him up, 



When his days are made. 

 Eagerly you shall await his time. 



When all the enemy's days are 

 passed, 

 35 When those who are our fathers. 

 Rain maker priests. 

 With their fresh waters 

 Have sprinkled the enemy ,2> 



40 Whenever his day is made, 

 Tirelessly unwearied 



You shall pass the time. 

 For indeed, the enemy, 



ma' lu'ka ya'ton-e 



le' to'wa ci'wan an tca'we 



yam tca'-teEalacna 

 o'y-teEalacna 

 5 lehok" i'naEwan 'u'lo'nakwi 



Ife'ctce't i'nakwe te"ona 



yam ha'cotcina 



yu'laE i'mlaEapte 



i'nakwe te"ona 

 10 o'tsina ya'ntse'mante 



kj'wi co'4i'tekwanel'a 



ko''w a'-litekwanel"a 



ko'wi la-titekwanel'a 



ka'wi ce'mEaia 

 15 i'nakwe te"ona 



te'Eohanan pa'ltoupa 



hon a''tatc i'lapona 



we-'ma a'pi'laciwan-i 



yam sa'waniE a'ka 

 20 i'nakwe te"ona 



Ea'cima po"yan ai'yona"wapa 



i'nakwa te"ona 



to'wa ci'wan an ulo'nakwi 



o'neala kwa'toEana 

 25 a-'witela'ma 



o'neal u'lapEana 



to'wa ci'wan an Ea'cima le'wi'to- 

 kvn 



o'neala kwa'toEana 



to'wa ci'wan an Ea'cima le" wita 



30 ye'liato'upa 



a'n te'wanan yo"apa 



an te'wanan a'nfeume'na 



ton te'wanan a"'teEan'a. 



hoi i'naEw an te'mla te'waka 

 te'a'ana 

 35 hon a-'tatc i'lapona 



u'wanam a-'ciwani 



yam Ea'cima tci'm'on alja 



i'nakwe te"ona 



Ea'lina-wapa 

 40 hoi yam te'wana yo"apa 



pu'a'aconici 



o'ntia'ulunici 



ton te'wanan a-'teEana 



he'ktce't i'nakwe te"ona 



i> The washing of the scalp on the fifth day. 



