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PRAYERS OF THE WAR CULT 



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20 With their claws,^' 



Tearing from him his rain filled 



covering, 

 Commanded him to be tlie one to 



count those who have their 



homes above — 



All little sparkling stars." 



The enemy, 

 30 Having added to the flesh of our 

 mother earth," 



Hither into the corn priests' coun- 

 try, 

 He made his road go. 

 35 When his road came here to 

 Itiwana, 

 Our two mothers, 

 Taking hold of him fast. 

 The country of the corn priests, 

 Four times successively encircling 



Into the corn priests' rain filled 

 court 



Making their roads come in, 



There they set him up. 



His days were made. 

 45 When we had lived eagerly await- 

 ing his days, 



The rain maker priests, 



With their fresh water, 



50 Took firm hold of the enemy. 



Then the days were made 



For those who hold the liigh place.-!. 



Through all these days, 



Mindful of their days, 

 55 You came to the time. 



Then yesterdaj', 



Our two fathers. 



Those who hold the high places, 



Once more assuming human form, 

 60 After a blessed night 



With us their children 



They came to day. 



This day " 



When he who is our sun father 



20 yam sa'wanilf' a'ka 



Eii'cima po"yan ai'yo'na 



li'wan i'yamakwi 



te"wilap a''te'ona 



tsu'hapa mo'yatcu'we 

 25 a-'wiyalena 



ho"i te'atun'ona 



a'nhe-tocnaEapa 



i'nakwe te"ona 



ho"na'wan tsi'ta 

 30 a'witelin'e 



ci"na te'liana 



Ka'lhok" to'wa ci'wan an u'lo'- 

 nakwi 



o'neal a"'Eaka 



li-la i'tiwanakwi 

 35 o'neal i'Eiipa 



hon a''tcia tsit i'lap a''te'ona 



a'tci ya'Iena-isumekiina 



lo'wa ci'wan an u'lo'uakna 



a''witen i-'yalto 

 40 o'neal u'lapkana 



to'wa ci'wan an Ea'ci'ma ?e"wit- 

 i'tiwanakwi 



o'neal kwa'toEana 



ye'liato'upa 



an !ie'wanan yo''apa 

 45 an fe'wanan a'ntsume'na 



hon a''teaka te'kwi 



u'wanam a-'ciwan'i 



yam Ea'cima tci'm'on a'kii 



i'nakwe te"ona 

 50 ya'£ena-?su'meKana'wapa 



te'alan i'lapona 



a"'wan ?e'wanan yo'"apa 



le'si le'wanan-e 



yam te'wanan a'na' yu"ya'na 

 55 ton a''teaka tekwi 



!;e'cukwa ya'ton-e 



hon a-'tcia tatc i'lap a-'te'ona 



te'alan i'lon a"'tci 



a"'tci tci'm'on ho"i-ya"'Eana 

 60 te'linau £o-kci 



hon tca'wilap a-'wantewaka 



lu'Ifa ya'ton'e 



hon ya'toka tatc i'lap a-'te'ona 



3* Sa'wanika, any weapon, and abstractly, power. 



'» The fallen enemy is left face upward and commanded to count the stars; that is, taunted to do the 

 impossible. 



"His blood fertilizes the earth. Wherever an enemy falls is formed an ant hill— a symbol, probably, of 

 fecundity. Therefore prayer sticks are planted in ant hills, and the Ant Society figures prominently in 

 scalp-dance ceremonies. 



" By this time it is nearly day. The images of the war gods are taken to appropriate shrines, where they 

 replace older ones which are removed and placed on a pile of similar ones behind the shrine. 



