PRAYERS AND CHANTS 



699 



To sit- down at his ancient place 

 For our two fathers 



We made the bundle of wood '^ 



The bundle of sticks," 

 230 The bundle of twigs— 's 



That which is generally called the 

 water terrace. 



Then perpetuating their rite had 

 since the first beginning, 



The two assumed human form. 



Holding all their world 

 235 Holding all their people fast, 



With us their children 



They came to day. 



When he who is our sun father, 



Coming out standing to his ancient 

 place 



Passed us on our roads, 

 240 Saying, "Let it be now," 



The divine ones leading 



We following at their backs. 

 Yonder to the south, 

 245 With prayers we made our road go 

 forth. 

 Reaching the place 

 Whence my fathers make the 

 world over anew," 

 250 Representing my father, 

 KiiwuKa Pautiwa, 



I assumed his person." 

 Carrying his waters, 

 255 His seeds. 



And carrying my fathers' perfect" 



plume wands, 

 1 made my road come hither. 

 1 offered my fathers plume wands, 



260 Praying to know how the world 

 would be, 

 I offered my fathers plume wands. 



Drawing my plume wands to them 

 How the days will be. I 



225 i'muna kwa'totun te'kwi 



kow a'nte'we'tcikwi 



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



i'yanil po'fe'i 



la'l p^'k'i 

 230 tset pj'k'i 



e'tsajjii Ka"etcin le'aniEan'ona 



yam kc tci'mik'a'kona te'lia'na 



a"tc ho"i ya''lf'ana 

 le" yam u'lo'nan ya'tena 

 235 le- yam ho"i ya' tena-tsu'meE'ana 

 a"tc ho'na tcawil a'ntewalja. 



hon ya'tojfa tatc i'lap a^'teona 



yam te'iaci'nakwi ye''lana kwai'"i- 

 Eana 



ho'n a''wona-elatepa 

 240 hoi Ifa'Ei Ifesi le'aniEapa 



Eapin a^'ho'i 



o'neal e'"kuna-wapa 



a''wa ma'sikwi e'layalu 



le'hok" a'laho'ankwin ta"na 

 245 le'wus a'lja 



o'neal kwai"iEanapka. 



hoi yam a"'tatcu 



a''wan tcim'ona u'lo'na ya-'nakwi 



o'neala te'tciEana 

 250 yam tatc ili te"ona 



KawuHa 



pa'utiwa 



a'ntelia'na ho"i ya-'Eana 



an Ea'cima 

 255 an to'wa conan-e 



yam a''tatc a-'wan te'lilfinan 

 ya-'na i-'leana 



o'neal i'Eana 



yam a-'tatcu 



ho' te'lilfinan a''le'upa 

 260 ko'n hoi u'lo'nan te'atun'ona 

 te'wusu penan kwai"iEana 



yam a"'tatcu 



ho' te'likinan a''leapa 



horaan te'likinan a'nula'a 



hoi ko'na te'wanan te'atun'ona 



1* These are three esoteric names for a larpe bundle of prayer sticks, the common name of which is 

 Ka'etcine, *' water steps," so called from the fact that it is arranged like a terraced house, with the longer 

 sticks in the center. With characteristic Zuni double entendre it might mean also the steps by which the 

 rain gods descend from heaven. 



'* Pautiwa comes from the land of summer. Therefore he clothes himself and comes in from the south. 



's lie puts on the mask, thereby assuming the form and personality of the god. This power to change 

 one's personality resides in the mask which is the body of the god. 



'• The telnawe or staves of office made by the priests and "finished" with their sacred paint. 



