place

explanatory

"In the Cactus"

Rabbit-person entered thicket

"Where They Ground Their Face Paint"

yellow face-paint from the us^a-bush

"Where the Clouds Clash Together"

Deer held "the dangerous clouds back with his antlers, so that all could pass safely to the other side."

Tatei Matinieri ("Where Our Mothers Live")

"from these women, who are Our Mothers ..., the ancient ones received their first water."

"the distant mountains of Wirikuta"

"the Mothers accompanied the men, and ... they arrived in Wirikuta ..., perceiving ... the divine hikuri"

p.

place

descriptive

102

Reukanamate` (hill of the lily)

where Tamats left stones in the shape of deer

Werikatukamate (hill of [Mukama, p. 104] the eagle)

"Hill of the Star"

[p. 104 goddess S^urawemuieka, who is informed of intention for next year's pilgrimage]

Urumutiu` [p. 104 where red-tailed hawk Kwis^u hath his throne of woven reeds]

"where Tamats Kauyumari erected a blue pole he brought from the sea" as directional sign-post "to show the way to the country of the peyote." {cf. Choctaw leaning pole to indicate direction for migration}

103

Tatei ("our mother") Matinieri

[p. 105 Takuwari water-hole of S^uturiwiyekame, goddess of childbirth {=Ayo-pechtli}] [p. 96 "in a house of flowers surrounded by serpents of five colors"}

Tuihapa, goddess of the blue water {= Chalchihuitl-icue}

burned hill [p. 110 Reunar]: "inhabited by the souls of the dead", p. 90]

where Tamats Kauyumari is waiting

104

Wakurikitenie ("Gate of the Clouds") [between p. 69 & p. 70 "dangerous passage through Wakurikitenie, the Clashing Gate of the Clouds."]

[p. 105 caerimony of Man-squash & woman-maize]

105

Nariwame [a goddess, p. 98]

this and succeeding places are to the north

Teakata

[p. 106 sea & caves] Turikita, goddess of children

106

Aitsarie

relics of sacrificial animals are brought to here by party

S^apawiyemeta`

on lake C^apala: inhabited by S^apa, goddess of paper, made from the zalate fig-tree -- she is fed tesgu:ino-liquor

Nayar {cf. caste of this name in Kerala}

mesa: home of Tsakaimuka, deity of the Cora [tribe]

a cave

a creek-bed [wadi]

Niwetari [a gate, p. 133]

"Muddy Water", where he met his brother Wakuri (Maize-child)

"Tsikoakame changed into a snake and slithered into a hole in a boulder, where a stream of water poured out"

Aitsarie

Aukuericatsie, Hill of the Tree with White Flowers

Tekupatsie, Pedregal

Hayukarita, the Damp Earth -- "Here his brother was finally able to catch up with him."

"Tsikoakame ... changed into a thunderbolt and struck his brother, who flew to pieces and became white, yellow, blue, red and black" maize

Wikatsie, Hill of the Stake

Tsakaimuta [same as Tsakaimuka?]

Mus^atsie, hill of the young animal

Yoawimekatsie, the Blue Hill [pp. 110-111 "where the dove Kukuru` Uimari lived in a white house with her daughter the corn-girls, fathered by Wakuri."]

#

color

direction

1^st

white

south

2^nd

blue

north

3^rd

spotted

west

4^th

red

east

5^th

yellow

east

6^th

black

centre

p. 120 the 5 attempts to rise, by Tatei Yurianaka (Our Mother Earth)

1^st

the the glow of a cigar [cf. cigar in prison in Popol Vuh]

2^nd

darkened sun during eclipse

3^rd

dawn

4^th

?

5^th

Tai in Teakata

p. 121 shooters at deer-carcass-carrying Tai

1^st

Maye (cougar)

2^nd

Tatei Ipau (serpent)

3^rd

S^ainu` (rattlesnake)

4^th

Haiki (black boa)

5^th

S^urawe Temai ("New Star")

pp. 121-122 uplifters of Tai (who had been transmuted into an old man, Tatewari`)

1^st

S^arei Wiwieri (black-&-white-striped serpent)

2^nd

Mus^eka (gray snake)

3^rd

Wikas^ao (gray serpent twined around the trunks of trees)

4^th

Watemukane (deer with tiny horns)

5^th

Tamats (elder brother of W.)

p. 124 emergences of birds from the fire

1^st

Itayame (with black, red and white feathers)

2^nd

S^aukita (with red breast and blue wings)

3^rd

Tsukwai (red-and-black)

4^th

Tuamus^awi (with red wings and gray topknot)

5^th

Yaukukuy (scarlet cardinal)

p. 126 directions of deities

east

Tamats Kauyumari (= heart, p. 122 [cf. Tepe-yollotl])

south

Us^ikwikame (= taker of right arm, p. 122; puller-off of leg, p. 125[: cf. crocodile who bit off foot of Tezcatli-poca])

north

Watemukame (= taker of left arm, p. 122; puller-off of arm, p. 125[: cf. 7 Macaw who bit off arm])

west

Tatei Nariwame

centre

Tatewari`

p. 127 crossing of 5 seas by "Pustulous Child"

1^st

S^ewite-maka`

2^nd

Hutariaka-maka`

3^rd

Hairaka-maka`

4^th

Nauriaka-maka`

5^th

Aus^uwiri-aka`

1^st

Mara>akame

authority, shaman

2^nd

Tatari

singer

3^rd

Tatutsi

who moveth about

4^th

Tatewari`

Grandfather Fire

[5^th]

Tewes^ika

Sun

[6^th]

Mas^a Kwas^i` {Quashee is woman's name in Guinea}

Deer-Tail

[7^th]

Akatewari

god of the Wind

[8^th]

S^apawiyeme

god of lake C^apala

[9^th]

Itsu`wauya

god of Canes

[10^th]

Tatei Nariwame

Mother of the deities

[11^th]

Aus^atemai

god of the Coast

[12^th]

Tatei Utuanaka

Mother of the Fishes

[13^th]

Yurianaka

goddess of the Deer

[14^th]

Kiewimuka

god of the Cora [tribe]

[15^th]

Pari`tsika

god of the Hunt

p.

day

place

meaning

explanatory

129

1^st

Aitekua

waterfall

Turikie Tsamurawemaku`s^aure

where dwell the wolves' mothers

Muic^imayaku

where grow mountain-chives

Mu>tu`a

head on the ground

heads of the 5 Hewi-s petrified

2^nd

C^imompa

shoe-shaped stone

Makuriuya

oak-tree place

Makatus^a

white earth

Harakuna

lake

Hayemaan~ehane

where the path leadeth

Kus^urimayewe

where the cross is

Umukasari

place of the tasuyate

palm-fibres for hats

Haritu`a

where the kakauyari-s are

whom Nakawe` petrified

3^rd

Atsiyapa

outskirts of San Andre`s

Torillo

Zapote

Itu`paritusa`

white door

Harakunamautaname

lake behind the dam

Teumakakarutsitu`a

stony place under the squash

where lie the [other] kakauyari-s petrified

130

Tenaire

river

Kuwari

twisting of the serpent

kaukayari petrified

Zapota

Muwamemayenena

where the grindstones are

Riktekie

house of bees

4^th

Hapu`ripa

Huejuquilla

a town

Maun~as^awa

where the hole is

Nakarimuyau

where the so-called nopal-s are

Makuriuyakitenie

gate of the oaks

"the gate of the gods"

Muwierihaituakamemanatiwe

beyond are found the muwieri-s

white hill where dwelleth Haituakame, a daemon who stole the gods' muwieri-s as they were returning from Wirikuta; "as a result the gods went mad and were transformed into stone" kakauyari-s.

Tehohanu

where the maguey groweth

praepare kaunari ropes [quipu-s] to record their own adulteries

5^th

Mes^atsie

mesa: confession

131

Yeremita

rural settlement

S^urawemuieka

hill of the star

they light bonfire; while at home their wives (fasting) praepare they own knotted-cords to record their own adulteries

132

6^th

S^uware

"guardian of the arrows we see in the sky"

a star

Teaparimatimane

where the stones for grinding us^a are

big trees

7^th

Porcacosi

Naranjal

ranch

S^unurinukaka

land of maguey

bonfire; thanksgiving

8^th

Harahuerta

where the holes are

goddess Tatei Nariwame

[in Zacatecas]

spring of Tamatsiska, lord of wine (= Patecatl), in form of sotol-plant

Tawekame

133-4

Makuipa

mad god S^iskatemai, a Hewi

Kiakamuyewe

where ivy groweth

Guadalupe

Hax^uretuma`yama

place of red water

guardian-deity of the ears

9th

gourd-bowl to Utuanaka, goddess of the ears

Takuatsitisie

hill of shoulder-bag

pouches of kakauyari-s

Pus^ekotsi

Parturillo

Mayatepurikiya

ant-hill

Tupinatsie

place where children go in form of hummingbirds

Wic^erkatu`a

big hill

Teanuipa

place of kakauyari

Kurukus^a Mutiwa, god of squash, in cave

Zacato`n

Ramura "branches"

10^th

Kiaraka

god who lay in wait for the rat who untied the deer Watemukame

Niwetari

gate, guarded by 3 deer

134

La Noria

Ritapu

urinate

house of Tatei Matinieri

remove the matewames' (pilgrims') blindfolds

Tsaus^irita

[imploring of Nariwame Makanieri]

springs (pools), peopled by: S^uturiwiyekame, god of lightning; Haramara

Pari`tsika

[offering of head of deer sacrificed before journey was begun]

hill, where dwell the god of the hunt and the goddesses Utuanaka & Was^awimari

Narkatua Mamatu`a

place of ashes (of rocks burned up by hand of Tatewari`)

the ashes rose to the sky and became clouds over Reunar

11^th

Us^ataremekamaku>u

place where gods painted themselves yellow

[p. 135: "gods painted themselves, they turned cold and became stones." (cf. Itztla-coliuhqui, god of cold and of stones)]

135

Horqueta

Tuimayen

"the water of Itsu` [the God-Cane] appeared"

grassy place with a spring

12^th

Baldosara

salt

Mateikarita

place where the gods left their handprints

Wakurikitenie

gate

13^th

Reunar

sacred dwelling of Tamats Kauyumari

14^th

Wirikuta

Tiskatemai or Tatewari`-tawekame (neighbor or drunken man)

p. 133

the 3 deer who guard the gate Niwetari

Mas^a-tawekame (crazy deer),

Mas^a-tame (white deer),

Mas^a-yawime (black deer).

p. 133

gods who passed through the gate Niwetari

1^st

the sun

[2^nd ]

Tseriakame, god of the left hand

[3^rd

Tekuyuaneme, god of motion

[4^th

Witseteiwari, the black eagle

[5^th

Tunuwame

p. 135

gods who stand at the gate Wakuri-kitenie

the deer Wakuri

Akatewari (god of the wind)

Tsamurawi (god of the wolves), "who led the wolf-gods to Wirikuta. When the sun was born the wolf-gods melted and were transformed into stones."

"... remarkable for its festive spirit. One has the impression that the gods were in fact playing ... with ... humorous aspects, ... an unmistakably playful air."

As example of this is cited "the sexual exploits of" Nuipas^ikuri "(who was entrusted with the task of destroying the teeth with which the gods had studded women's vaginas in an effort to solve the problem of overpopulation)"

p.

myth

comparative

154

he had sexual intercourse with bathing woman

[this episode is similar to one in the Popol Vuh]

154-5

his wife became a fly when she died as a result of this

[in Irish myth, there is a goddess who became a species of fly after her death; in Peruvian belief all the dead come flies]

155

his 4 altars, for his transforming his fly-wife back into a woman

1^st Xeini Niwetari

{with NIWetaRi cf. [Maori] NIWaReka, heroine brought back from the world of the dead by her husband}

2^nd Hutariaka Niwetari

3^rd Hairaka Niwetari

4^th Nairaka Niwetari

155

gates passed through by him

at "Hill of the Star" : guarded by goddess S^urawe Muyaka, to whom he confessed

{is Citlallinicue hereby intended to be identified with Tlazol-teotl?}

1^st of the s^iriki : blue, of S^irikita, where the calihuey beginneth

{at Babylon, city-gate had blue faience}

2^nd of the s^iriki : Haikitenie "cloud-gate"; green cleansing-feather on maturas^no-bush -- hence was seen the "Eagle's Throne" on a rock

{Chinese cloud-gate?} [Aztec eagle on cactus?]

156

Waikurikitenie : of goddess Tatei Tuihapa; black-&-yellow cleansing-feather

[black-&-yellow-striped Tezcatli-poca??]

156

the 5 steps of the divine staircase Umumui, ascended by him

1^st S^eiwitari

2^nd

3^rd

4^th

5^th Aus^uwirieka

157

seen from the mesa S^autarietaku`a : sisters of his -- they sometimes took the shape of does

elder: Hacaibi

younger: Hamaibi

157

species of eagles shot by him

[the Zun~i assign various species of eagles to the several heavens]

1^st day: in south, S^aurikue (black with white tail-feathers)

2^nd day: in north, Piwame (small and gray, with black stripes on tail)

3^rd day: in west, Hapuri (gray, with red markings on neck)

4^th day: in east, Kwis^utas^a (with white breast, black wings, yellow tail)

on mountain,

5^th day: in smoke, Tus^a (white, with black wing-tips)

157-8

6^th day: in a tree, S^aru` (great black, with gray feathers and white stripes on tail)

158

Werika [p. 157: "on the mountain ... the great eagle, ... who can kill men and deer"]

albatross?

159

bitter foods found at the 5 steps taken by his 2 sisters while holding him by the arms

1^st kariuki (amole)

2^nd haukus^a (a "grass")

3^rd otus^a (a tree)

4^th poc^ota (a tree)

5^th utsi` (pitch-pine)

162

directions from which animal-gods attacked him & his sisters

east: Komatemai "vulture"

south: Maye "cougar"

north: Mas^aka Tewiyare "the snake who eats chickens"

west: yellow-&-black wasps; scorpions