black of the north similarly met, giving birth, blue
to blue fox and north to badger.

Blue and yellow foxes were given to the Pueblos; coyote and badger remain
with the Navajo; but Great Wolf is ruler over them all. Great Wolf was the
chief who counseled separation of the sexes.

FOOTNOTES

1 In the decoration of the bodies several men assisted, but the
personators of the gods did much of the work on their own persons,
and they seemed quite fastidious. The fingers were dipped into the
paint and rubbed on the body.

2 Continency must be observed by the personators of the gods until all
paint is removed from their bodies.

3 The suds were crossed and encircled with the pollen to give them
additional power to restore the invalid to health.

4 I noticed that the priest of the sweat house on no occasion sat with
the song-priest and his attendants.

5 This food is dried and made into a powder, and used as a medicine by
the theurgist.

6 The old priest relating this myth now produced a pouch containing
corn pollen and a crystal, which he dipped in the pollen and said,
"Now we must all eat of this pollen and place some on our heads, for
we are to talk about it."

7 The Naaskiddi are hunchbacks; they have clouds upon their backs, in
which seeds of all vegetation are held.

8 The Navajo will not use real blue coloring in their sand painting,
but adhere strictly to the instructions of the gods. They do,
however, use a bit of vermilion, when it can be obtained, to
heighten the red coloring in the pouches.

9 The _Bigelovia Douglasii_ is made into rings and used in the
ceremonial Hasjelti Dailjis with direct reference to this
occurrence.

10 Ceremonial rings are also made of the Spanish bayonet (yucca).

***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CEREMONIAL OF HASJELTI DAILJIS AND MYTHICAL SAND PAINTING OF THE NAVAJO INDIANS***

CREDITS

July 2006

This file was produced from images generously made available
by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at
http://gallica.bnf.fr
Joshua Hutchinson
PM for Bureau of American Ethnology
Bibliotheque Nationale de France/Gallica
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