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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



[ETH. ANN. 47 



I have continued to offer you prayer 



plumes. 

 Now that the cycle of your months is at 



an end, 

 Now that the counted number of your 



days has been told off 

 Now that this many days 

 Anxiously we have awaited your day, 

 Now this day, 



We have reached the appointed time. 

 Now I have passed you on your roads." 

 Thus I spoke to them. 



When I had spoken thus, 



Hurriedly, without delay. 



My father took hold of me. 



From the very soles of my feet 



Even to the crown of my head 



He clothed me all over with all things 



needful. 

 When all this was at an end, 

 Then also with that which is called my 



belt, 

 His prayer meal. 

 He covered my navel. 

 Witli his bundle that covered it all over. 

 He took hold of me, 

 His bundle reached all around my 



body. 

 When all this was at an end. 

 Then also the different kinds of seeds 



four times he placed over my navel." 

 All different kinds of seeds his bundle 



contained: 

 The seeds of the yellow corn, 

 The seeds of the blue corn. 

 The seeds of the red corn, 

 The seeds of the white corn, 

 The seeds of the speckled corn, 

 The seeds of the black corn, 

 And also that by means of which you 



may have firm flesh, 

 Namely, the seeds of the sweet corn; 

 And also those which will be your sweet 



tasting delicacies. 

 Namely, all the clans of beans — 

 The yeUow beans. 

 The blue beans. 

 The red beans, 



The white beans, 



The spotted beans, 



The black bean.s, 



The large beans, 



The small beans. 



The little gray beans, 



The round beans. 



The string beans; 



Then also those that are called the 



ancient round things — " 

 The striped squash, 

 The crooked-neck squash, 

 The watermelons, 

 The sweet melons, 

 And also those which you will use to dip 



up your clear water, 

 Namely, the gourds; 

 And then also the seeds of the pinon 



tree. 

 The seeds of the jimiper tree, 

 The seeds of the oak tree. 

 The seeds of the peach tree. 

 The seeds of the black wood shrub, 

 The seeds of the first flowering shrub. 

 The seeds of the Kapuli *^ shrub 

 The seeds of the large yucca. 

 The seeds of the small yucca. 

 The seeds of the branched cactus, 

 The seeds of the brown cactus. 

 The seeds of the small cactus; 

 And then also the seeds of all the wUd 



The evU smelling weeds," 



The little grass, 



Tecukta, 



Kucutsi, 



O'co, 



Apitalu, 



Suto^a, 



Molololfa, 



Piculiya 



Small piculiya, 



Hamato 



MitaliEo; 



And then also the seeds of those that 



stand in their doorways,*' 

 Namel.y the cat-tails, 

 The tall flags, 



^' Every masked dancer carries a package of seeds in his belt. It is his "heart." At the close of any 

 dance the priest who thanks the dancers takes some of the seeds to plant. Those carried by Sayataca are 

 planted in the floor of the house he dedicates. (See p. 873.) 



" Native squashes. 



*s An unidentified shrub sometimes used for prayer sticks. 



*' None of these have been identified. Many are food plants. 



" The doorways of the rain makers, the springs. 



