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OUTLINES OF ZUÑI CREATION MYTHS

BY
FRANK HAMILTON CUSHING

	Page
Introductory	325
The survival of early Zuñi traits	325
Outline of Spanish-Zuñi history	326
Outline of pristine Zuñi history	341
Outline of Zuñi mytho-sociologic organization	367
General explanations relative to the text	373
Myths	379
The genesis of the worlds, or the beginning of newness	379
The genesis of men and the creatures	379
The gestation of men and the creatures	381
The forthcoming from earth of the foremost of men	381
The birth from the sea of the Twain deliverers of men	381
The birth and delivery of men and the creatures	382
The condition of men when first into the world of daylight born	383
The origin of priests and of knowledge	384
The origin of the Raven and the Macaw, totems of winter and summer	384
The origin and naming of totem-clans and creature kinds, and the division and naming of spaces and things	386
The origin of the councils of secrecy or sacred brotherhoods	387
The unripeness and instability of the world when still young	388
The hardening of the world, and the first settlement of men	388
The beginning of the search for the Middle of the world, and the second tarrying of men	390
The learning of war, and the third tarrying	390
The meeting of the People of Dew, and the fourth tarrying	390
The generation of the seed of seeds, or the origin of corn	391
The renewal of the search for the Middle	398
The choosing of seekers for signs of the Middle	398
The change-making sin of the brother and sister	399
The birth of the Old-ones or ancients of the Kâ´kâ	401
The renewal of the great journey, and the sundering of the tribes of men	403
The origin of death by dying, and the abode of souls and the Kâ´kâ	404
The loss of the great southern clans	405
The saving of the father-clans	405
The awaiting of the lost clans	406
The straying of K‘yäk´lu, and his plaint to the Water-fowl	406
How the Duck, hearing, was fain to guide K‘yäk´lu	407
How the Rainbow-worm bore K‘yäk´lu to the plain of Kâ´‘hluëlane	408
The tarrying of K‘yäk´lu in the plain, and his dismay	409
How the Duck found the lake of the dead and the gods of the Kâ´kâ	409
How the gods of the Kâ´kâ counselled the Duck	410
How by behest of the Duck the Kâ´yemäshi sought K‘yäk´lu to convey him to the lake of the dead	410
How the Kâ´yemäshi bore K‘yäk´lu to the council of the gods	411
The council of the Kâ´kâ, and the instruction of K‘yäk´lu by the gods	412
The instruction of the Kâ´yemäshi by K‘yäk´lu	413
How the Kâ´yemäshi bore K‘yäk´lu to his people	413
The return of K‘yäk´lu, and his sacred instructions to the people	413
The enjoining of the K‘yäk´lu Ámosi, and the departure of K‘yäk´lu and the Old-ones	414
The coming of the brothers Ánahoho and the runners of the Kâ´kâ	414
The dispatching of the souls of things to the souls of the dead	415
The renewal of the great journeying, and of the search for the Middle	415
The warning-speech of the gods, and the untailing of men	416
The origin of the Twin Gods of War and of the Priesthood of the Bow	417
The downfall of Hán‘hlipiŋk‘ya, and the search anew for the Middle	424
The wars with the Black people of the high buildings and with the ancient woman of the K‘yákweina and other Kâ´kâkwe	424
The adoption of the Black people, and the division of the clans to search for the Middle	425
The northward eastern journey of the Winter clans	426
The southward eastern journey of the Summer clans	426
The eastward middle journey of the People of the Middle	427
The settlement of Zuñi-land, and the building of the seven great towns therein	427
The reunion of the People of the Middle with the Summer and Seed peoples	428
The great council of men and the beings for the determination of the true Middle	428
The establishment of the fathers and their tabernacle at Hálonawan or the Erring-place of the Middle	429
The flooding of the towns, and the building of the City of Seed on the mountain	429
The staying of the flood by sacrifice of the youth and maiden, and the establishment of Hálona Ítiwana on the true Middle	429
The custom of testing the Middle in the Middle time	429
The cherishing of the Corn maidens and their custom as of old	430
The murmuring of the foolish anent the custom of the Corn maidens	430
The council of the fathers that the perfection of the custom be accomplished	431
The observance of the ‘Hláhekwe custom, or dance of the Corn maidens	431
The sending of the Twain Priests of the Bow, that they bespeak the aid of Paíyatuma and his Flute people	432
The finding of Paíyatuma, and his custom of the flute	433
The preparations for the coming of Paíyatuma and his People of the Flute	434
The coming of Paíyatuma and his Dance of the Flute	435
The sacrilege of the youths of the dance, and the fleeting of the Maidens of Corn	435
The mourning for loss of the Maidens of Corn	435
The seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Eagle	436
The seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Falcon	437
The seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Raven	438
The beseeching of Paíyatuma, and his reversal of the people's evil	439
The seeking of the Maidens of Corn by Paíyatuma	442
The finding of the Maidens of Corn in Summerland	443
The return of the Maidens of Corn with Paíyatuma	443
The presentation of the perfected seed to the fathers of men, and the passing of the Maidens of Seed	443
The instructions of Paíyatuma for the ordinances and customs of the corn perfecting	445
The final instructions of Paíyatuma, and his passing	446

OUTLINES OF ZUÑI CREATION MYTHS
By Frank Hamilton Cushing

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