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

  • Washington Matthews
Date:
1902
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    Wo]t<6ar/, woollen strings used in rites of Circle Kethawns, 67, 171 Woman, position of among the Navaho, 17, 3r> 118; among Moki, advice taken in Council, 252, 253, 315 (note 70) Wonigi (centre of lodge behind the fire), 164 Wooden trumpet or flute (Sogan), 288 Woodpecker, red-tailed, feathers of, 12, 14, 18, 309 {note >4) Woollen string, in preparation of talisman. 58 (see also Wolt^ar/) World’s Columbian Exposition, 310 Worm, used as evil spell, 245, 248, 249 Wu'hu'hu'hu (a cry), 6g Var/h/lnil (incense), 43, 44, 85, 92, 126; in myth, 169, 170, 197, 263 Yaga^o^an (home of gods), 166 Yagonu/e/e (I am descending), name of song, 167 Yebaad, or //astrebaad, female divinity, 17-19, 24, 25, 31, 32, 69, 115-118, 133, 134, 138-148; in myth, 234, 264 Yebaka, or Z/astrebaka, male divinity, 16, 17, 115, 138- 148, et seq. Yeblke /oil/rar (Vigil of the Gods), 104 YebT/naiskagi ke/an, special set of kethawns, 91 Yebltrai, another name for //asDeyal/i, 4, 9, 81, 82, 117, et seq. ; in myth, 166 YebTUai dance, 4 Yebttrai-tsapas, name for Circle Kethawn, 67 Yebo^an (medicine-lodge), 171 Yerz'au'estsani, wands or implements used in initiation of females, 63, 116-11S, 133, 134 Yerfasltahi (Where Gods Sit High), name of place, 209 Yei (or ye), name applied to many Navaho divinities, 8, 77, 86, 116-121, 125, 177, et seq. Yeitso, alien god, 2t, 307 {note 5) Yelluw bird, in preparation of “ life pollen,” 41 ; in myth, 165, 221 Yellow corn, ear of, used as implement in initiation of female, 117 Yellow Corn Girl, in myth, 207 Yellow Earth Sticks up, name of place, 225 Yellow house, in the west, 206 ; home of Puma, 209 Yellow meal, in connection with female patient, 80, 185 Yellow Warbler, feathers of, 38 ; in preparation of incense, 44 ; in gifts to gods, 48 ; in preparation of kethawns, 71, -86, 97, 313 (note 52) Yeyi, an order of Zuni gods, 8 Yikaigln (Daylight Songs), 183, 193 ; text and translation, 294 Yika/, sacred pictures, 165 YIs/elkaf (white meal) used as food, 218, 243, 309 (note 11) Yoi Za/a/ (Bead Chant), 289 * Yo/kai Estsan (White Shell Woman), a goddess, 22, 32 Youngest brother, 169, 262 ; use of term explained, 312 (note 38) Yucca, rings and scourges of, II, 15, 25, 26, it7, 118 ; in preparation of cigarettes, 38 ; of amole bath, 99, 100 ; in myth, fruit of, 212 ; scourge of, 237 ; bath of, 259 ; bundle of fuel, 264 ; different uses of, 310 (note 17) Yucca drumstick, 61-63 ! >n myth, 265 Yucca fibre, used in sewing, 14 ; as string, 16, 27, 47, 63, 70, 82, 96, 141 YrWi (goods), 310 (note 18) YiWi al/Zasai (goods of all kinds), 310 (note 18) Yuw, yuw, yuw, yuw, cry of gods, 239 Zenith, in color symbolism, 5 ; in preparation of amole bath, 100; in ceremony of Tree and Mask, 104 ; in Communal Supper, 108 Zigzag line, as lightning symbol, 122, 137 (see also Sym¬ bols) Zuni, ceremonies compared with Navaho, 5 ; name for group of gods, 8 ; plumesticks, 37 ; food, 47; a disease, 314 (note 53)