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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



were iii the habit of going away. So for some time now they [masc. 

 anthropic] who .severally had otgon " natures, and thej^ also whose 

 bodies were otgon in nature, hated them [the two boys]. Now, of 

 course, they two. verily, in going away, were in the habit of going 

 together. So that [I sayj, moreover, one day the elder one said: 

 ''Thou alone, for the time being, go thither. Thou alone next in 

 time shalt view our several set traps." So moreover [I say], that 

 truly it did thus come to pass. As soon now as he was far away they 

 [masc. anthropic] whose bodies are otgon by nature killed him there. 

 So now he, the elder one, became aware that they had killed his 

 younger brother. So now he began to cry. And [I say] that when 

 it made him weep the most, when he said in his crying, ''en\ 'en", 

 'en", 'eii"", then there were noises made in several places in the 

 sky that is present. So now they [masc. anthr.] who are severally 



Da', o'ne"' 



So, now 



na'ionni'she't 



so long it lasted 



o"h( 



cion nio 



y after day 

 pUirally 



hofiwadi'swa'ai",^ 



Ihcy (m.) them hated 



ia'den'dio"s. 



Da'. 



gain gwa 



somewhat 



honnondia"dat'go'"s. 



their (m. ) hodiesare otgon 

 plurally. 



O'ne"" he" 



No 



we"''o"* na'e' geii's i'ne's. Da', ne"' df 



tinually verily enstom- they(m.U'wo So, iliat mo 



arily go together ov 



eustomarily. 



o'ne"' ne" waeii"' ne" hagowa'ne 



now tliat he it the he large one 



honnontgo"'shori"o"'' 



they (m.) are otgon n plurally 



ia"den'dio"s diia- 



tliey (m. ) goaway eon- 

 habitually 



ne" swenni's'hil't 



;- the one it dav is 



I's-shoiT 



ho''set. 



thither do 

 thou go. 



Da', 



ne 



that 



Son'ha'ge'a' 



1 just alone nex 

 y thyself) tui 



di'q do'ge"s 



ne wa 



Thou just aloni 

 (by thyself) 



we e 



far 



he"'s 



sgoing 



•ho 



about 



nondia'dat'go"'s. 



)iodies are otgon 

 I.lurally. 



ne'' honwa'nio' 



Da 



• Thou 



e"'sekdon'no"'' i 



thou wilt go to see t 



them 



!"''h()' na"'a'we"". 



thus so it "will come 



to pass. 



waofiwa'nio' 



thev I m. i him 

 "killed 



warmina"do'u' 



ia'e" n('"''ho' 



for the tliere 



me being 



ofigni'eo'do"'." 



thou I have set 



Ganio"' 



So soon as 



no ne 



the time 



hoii- 



the 



no ne 



vlleu 



do'c 



now heim.lit 



nc.tieed 



ho'gen"'. Da', o'ne^ 



lie his younger .So, now 



brother is. 



waode^'hasdoii's, ne"' 



(the 



ha.sda"htr, nt 



he is weeping, tha 



\va'ote'aiia"son' 



on 



en 



o ne 



he'' ga'ofi'hiade". 



where it sky is present. 



henh, henh, henh." n<iw 



Da', o'ne"' ne'' honnontgo""- 



So, now the they (m. ) are otgon 



<t Otgon signifies malefic. It denotes specifically the evil or destructive use of i 



