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IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY 



[ETH. ANN. 21 



and which his grandmother had also placed on the top of a standing 

 tree. This, too. he threw up to the sky, saying: "The power of thy 

 light at night shall be less.'" He added: '• At times they will see thee 

 in full. Every night thy size shall diminish until it is gone. Then 

 again, thou shalt every night increase in size from a small beginning. 

 Every night, then, thou shalt grow until the time comes when thou 

 hast completed thy growth. So now. thus it shall be as to thy mode 

 of existence." Moreover he said: "Whenever mankind who shall 

 dwell here on earth mention thee, they will keep saying customarily: 

 'Our Grandmother, the kiminary pertaining to the night."" 



Then Sapling now formed the body of a man" and also that of a 

 woman [of the race of mankind]. His younger brother, Tawi'skaro"', 



ke'rhi'te' o'nf na" 



ia'ho'ti" ne 



that 

 dji' 



there 



the 



iako'ha're". 



there she it fas- 

 une tened at the top, 



karoiT'hiate', wa'hen'ro"": 



he it said; 



e'tho' 



there 



ho'ni" 



IS pres 



S the 



ni'se" ne' dji' te"'se"shwathe'te"" 



the the where thou shalt eau.se it to be 



thou light 



Wifhen'ro'": " Sewatie're"" e"kana'no""hake' 



Heitsairt: "Sometimes it shall be full 



ne 



' E"tiioto'ktake' 



" It will be lacliing 



a'sonthen'ne'." 



it night (time I in.' 



dji' te"iesa- 



where one 



kan'ereke". 



thee look at shall. 



Miiti'tewii'sofita'ke" e"tiiostho'o"*hii'tie' ne' 



dji' 



far 



ie"wa'ts a'te , 



it shall all dis- 

 appear. 



E'tho' 



.\t til. 



a re 



again 



dji' ni"sa' 



where thou art 

 large 



Lwa"a' dji' 



;o it is where 



sewa'soiitats'ho"" 



one it night apiece 



te"tesate'hia'ro"" 



thence thou shalt 

 grow larger 



te°tesate'hia'ro"' dji' niio're 



thence thou shalt where .soitisdis 

 grow larger tant 



e" ni'se" ne"io'to"'*hake 



thus 



te"tkaie'ri"ne" e^sesate'hia'ro"", 



ne 



dji' 



thou 



wa'heii'ro"" 



he it said : 



soil shall continue the 

 tube 



" Ne' ka'tke" 



"The whenever 



1 .se 



thou 



e"sia'ta'teke\" 



thou shalt exist." 



e"iesana'to' 



one tliee shall 

 designate 



again thou shalt grow 

 to maturity. 



Nefi 



dji' 



where 



Ta', 



So, 



tii'hi 



ne' onkwe- 



'ho'ko"' 



being 

 plurally 



heke" ( 



Ne' 



The 



ne' e"ienak'ereke" ne' 



they will be 

 dwelling 



lethi'sot'ha" 



(human) 



dji' io""hweridjia'te' e"iofito""- 



where it earth is pres- one .shall ha- 



ne 



the 



a"sorithe"''kh:l" k; 



eturnal lit 



ka'tr 



so then 



night middleof the) 



Oterofitonni'Ti' neii' 



It Sapling now 



ara'kwa'. 



t luminary." 



roii'kwe" 



14: he man-being 

 (a man^ 



iio'k" 



but 



ho'ni' 



ne 



iofi'kwe''. 



she man-being. 



E" 



Ther^ 



wa'hoia'ton'nia' 



he his body made 



' te'hakan'ere' 



he it looked at 



3 This incident is evidently taken from Genesis in the Christian Bible. 



