PRAYERS OF THE "WAR CULT 



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105 All these also they will hold fast. 



I have sent forth my prayers. 



Our children, 



Even those who liave erected their 

 shelters 



At the edge of the wilderness, 

 110 May their roads come in saely, 



May the forests 



And the brush 



Stretch out their water-filled arms 



To shield their hearts; 

 115 May their roads come in safely; 



May their roads all be fulfilled, 



May it not somehow become diffi- 

 cult for them 



Wlien they have gone but a little 

 ways, 

 120 May all the little boys, 



All the little girls, 



And those whose roads are ahead, 



May they have powerful hearts, 



Strong spirits; 

 125 On roads reaching to Dawn Lake 



May you grow old; 



May your roads be fulfilled; 



May you be blessed with life. 



130 Where the life-giving road of your 

 sun father comes out. 

 May your roads reach; 

 May your roads be fulfilled. 



Taking out the black com, he passes it around four times in front ol' 

 liitn. Reentering the house, he repeats the prayer, stUl holding the 

 com in his hand. At the end, he again passes it around counter- 

 clockwise before him, as a rite of exorcism, and sets it aside to be 

 planted in spring. Then his aimts wash his head and bathe him. 

 The following day he deposits prayer sticks at amitolan Jepo'uhkwi 

 (where the rainbow bends over), a shrine to the gods of war, located 

 in the canyon southwest of Zuni. The prayer is similar. 



105 lu'kniaEo te'mja a^'wiyaten- 

 tsu'meEiina 

 ho' Ee'wusu pe'nan kwai'MKiilja 

 ho"na'wan tca'we 

 hoi te'U'-pa'Ho'konatapte 

 yam he'cota ya"'lfanaplja te'a'kona 



110 o'neal kwa'tona £o'kci 



le- takwi}-p3''?i 



la'kwiJ-po'ti 



a''wan Ea'cima a's-ta'nana^a 



a"'wike"n ai'yala 

 115 o'neai kwatona 



a"'wona-ya''ana 



el ko-w a-'napa 



kwa'tikol a'ka 



te'n'i yo-'na'mana 



120 If3"w a''waktsilf a"'}ana 



ka'w a''E.<itsik a"'lana 



a- ' won-a' ' we'kwinte 



sa'wanik' a''wike"na 



tse"makwin tsum i'lapa 

 125 te'luwaiyan Eaiakwi o'neala te"- 

 tcina 



Ion a-'lacitu 



ton a"'wona-ya''tu 



to'n te'Eohanan ya'niktciatu' 



hoi yam ya'tolja ta'tcu 

 130 an o'naya'naka o'nealan kwai"- 

 inakwi 



o'neala" te'tcina 



ton a''wona-ya''tuntiyo'na 



