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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



verily, he it was whoui the Ancient regarded with jealousy. Now 

 Fire-dragon took out an ear of corn, and verily he gave it to her. 

 As soon as she received it she placed it in her bosom. Now, another 

 thing, the next in order, a small mortar and also the upper mortar 

 [pestle] he gave to her. So now, again, another thing he took out 

 of his bosom, which was a small pot. Now. again, another thing, he 

 gave her in the next place, a bone. Now. he said: •"This, verily, is 

 what thou wilt continue to eat." 



Now it was so, that below [her] all manner of otgon [maletic;] male 

 man-beings abode; of this number were the Fire-dragon, whose bodj^ 

 was pure white in color, the Wind, and the Thick Night. 



o'die'noiinia'k da'shago'si'na", o'ne'"-kho' ne"ho' ho"shagoia"den. 



he hiT leg seized, now and there 



Da', o'ne" 



ne"ho' 



there 



w and 



O'ne"' 



hence he her 

 l^ody east down. 



ne''ho' haia'doii'- 



there his body 



die' 



along 



that 

 it is 



ne"'ho' 



ieia'dofi'die". O'ne"' di'q 



her body was Now more- 



falling, over tloatea 



Gaha'cieiidie'thsv Onoriwa""d:'i"':i"" Ni'hriitI"do"'de"" ne" 



It P^ire Dragon it (is) while so his body is in that 



kho- 



na e" 



ne 



honwa"'shea"sc'ak ne'' Hage""tci. O'ne" 



he was jealous of him the He Ancien 



waada"go' ne" o'ni'sda' ne" 



lie it took the it ear the 



o\shaga'on\ 



he her it gave. 



aufi'ia't. 



l.lae.d 



Ganio" wti'eie'na 



So soon she them took 



onen o 



it eorn. 



ne"'ho" 



there 



-kho- 



ienias'dtigofi' 



her bosom in 



Now 



na'e' 



O'ne"' 



Now 



'i'nioa"da' niwifa 



w:i - 



she 

 them 



nail 



-kho- 



thai 



Da' 



hetgen'ofi" ne" 



upper (one) the 



a'niga"da'. dedjisi'o"" o'shaga'ofi'. 



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12 

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a e 



again 



the it pestle, 



( ^ it mortar) 



daada"go 



he it took 



hanisisdagoiT'. 



his bosom in. 



gana""dia niwtV'a'. O' 



nc 



a e 



o'ia'-kho' 



it and 



the 



o nen la 



it bone (is) 



e"'seg'seg." 



thou it wilt be In 

 the habit of eating." 



Da', o'ne"' 



So, now 



o ne 



liow 



he" 



where 



o'shag'u'orr. 



he it her gave to 



O'ne"' 



Now 



waen : 



he it .said: 



he her gave them 



ne"' ne'wa'' 



that next in 



order 



ne"' ne'wiV 



the next in 



order 



" Ne"' na'e' 



•■That. verily, 



niiodie'e"' ne' 



.so it is being the 



'diV'gi 



elow 



hadi'na"ge" ne" 



they (m.) are the 



dwelling 



(xa'ha'ciefidie'tha' 



It Fire liragon 



honnondia'dat'go"'s ho"dio"'de""; ne"' ne 



they are otgon-bodied of all kinds; that tin 



(are malefic) 



Ononwa"'da"a"' Ni'haisVdo"'de"', kho" ne" Ga"hii", ne"' gw:i"'ho" 



it white (is) so his body is in kind, and the It Wind, that next to it 



ne 



Deioda'sondai'ko"' 



It Thick Night. 



