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and one at each of the cardinal points. The twelve men of the east 
placed twelve turquoises at the east of the faces. The twelve men of 
the south placed twelve white-shell beads at the south. The twelve men 
of the west placed twelve turquoises at the west. Those of the north 
placed twelve white-shell beads at that point. Then with the crystal 
dipped in corn pollen they made a circle embracing the whole. The 
wish still remained unrealized. Then Ahsonnutli held the erystal over 
the turquoise face, whereupon it lighted into a blaze. The people re- 
treated far back on account of the great heat, which continued increas- 
ing. The men from the four points found the heat so intense that they 
arose, but they could hardly stand, as the heavens were so close to 
them. They looked wp and saw two rainbows, one across the other 
from east to west, and from north to south. The heads and feet of the 
‘ainbows almost touched the men’s heads. The men tried to raise the 
great light, but each time they failed. Finally a man and woman 
appeared, whence they knew not. The man’s name was Atseatsine and 
the woman’s name was Atseatsan. They were asked ‘* How ean this 
sun be got up.” They replied, ‘* We know; we heard the people down 
here trying to raise it, and this is why we came.” ‘“Chanteen” (sun’s 
rays), exclaimed the man, ‘I have the chanteen; I have a crystal from 
which I can light the chanteen, and I have the rainbow; with these 
three I can raise the sun.” The people said, Go ahead and raise it.” 
When he had elevated the sun a short distance it tipped a little and 
burned vegetation and scorched the people, for it was still too near. 
Then the people said to Atseatsine and Atseatsan, “Raise the sun 
higher,” and they continued to elevate it, and yet it continued to burn 
everything. They were then called upon to “lift it higher still, as high 
as possible,” but after a certain height was reached their power failed; 
it would go no farther. 
The couple then made four poles, two of turquoise and two of white- 
shell beads, and each was put under the sun, and with these poles the 
twelve men at each of the cardinal points raised it. They could not 
get it high enough to prevent the people and grass from burning. The 
people then said, ‘Let us stretch the world;” so the twelve men at each 
point expanded the world. The sun continued to rise as the world ex- 
panded, and began to shine with less heat, but when it reached the 
meridian the heat became great and the people suffered much. They 
crawled everywhere to find shade. Then the voice of Darkness went 
four times around the world telling the men at the cardinal points to 
go on expanding the world. “I want all this trouble stopped,” said 
Darkness; ‘the people are suffering and all is burning; you must con- 
tinue stretching.” And the men blew and stretched, and after a time 
they saw the sun rise beautifully, and when the sun again reached the 
meridian it was only tropical. It was then just right, and as far as 
the eye could reach the earth was encircled first with the white dawn 
of day, then with the blue of early morning, and all things were per- 
