The Night Chant : a Navaho ceremony / by Washington Matthews.

  • Washington Matthews
Date:
1902
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    II. (The same as stanza I., except that lines 1 and 2 change places). 948.—The name asa^ini or esa/ini, changed here by commutation, syncope and paragoge to os^inie, is applied to a long earthen pot, no longer used. A whole squash could be cooked in it. There was a god also who bore this name (par. 734). For remarks on lines 1 and 2 see par. 924. The meaning of mosel is traditional. The meaning of the song is obscure and may depend on some myth not obtained. Cylinder 13. ASA TIN I BIGFN. SONG OF THE LONG POT. No. 2. I. 949.—Oi ohowowi (etc.) wf‘ya;z wi‘yan. (Meaningless prelude). 1. TAlna/aatsoi, The great corn-plants, 2. Bi/hakoua-leoi. Among I walk. 3. SVtau bi't/Hni‘-gola‘ ; My corn I speak to ; 4. Ai'd^e da'dilm'se oi. Toward me it holds its hands out. Wi‘ya n wkyaw. (Meaningless refrain). 1. Epei'kanitsoi. The great squash vines. (The rest as in stanza I.). II FREE TRANSLATION. I. 950.— r. My great corn-plants, 2. Among them I walk. 3. I speak to them ; 4. They hold out their hands (leaves) to me. II. 1. My great squash-vines, 2. Amonor them I walk. o 3. I speak to them ; 4. They hold out their hands to me. 951.—That is to say: I and my crops greet one another. Untranslated syllables have no meaning. Many meaningless vocables omitted. Cylinder 13.