Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . h peoples of the Southwest as had homes con-structed of stone, clay, and plaster. The more clever men of the past ages dilTerentiated their gods intotwo classes, anthropic, principally ancestral, and zooic. and these menassumed to dominate the remainder of the peo])le l)y asserting tneirdirect communication with the gods. Through their jiower and influence w ith these gods they were next in importance to the gods tliem- 74 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 63 selves. Their doctrines taught that: The gods who b
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . h peoples of the Southwest as had homes con-structed of stone, clay, and plaster. The more clever men of the past ages dilTerentiated their gods intotwo classes, anthropic, principally ancestral, and zooic. and these menassumed to dominate the remainder of the peo])le l)y asserting tneirdirect communication with the gods. Through their jiower and influence w ith these gods they were next in importance to the gods tliem- 74 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 63 selves. Their doctrines taught that: The gods who bring good areexacting, and man must comply with the demands of his gods inorder that the godly blessings may be bestowed upon him. He mustnot only perform the religious duties assigned him, but observe properintelligence in the performance of these rites. In the far pastAvanyu, the great plumed serpent, whose home is in the depths ofthe lake of the departed, determined to take a journey over the upperplane so that he could look below and observe the people of this -Circular kiva at Pueblo of Namlje, New by Vroman. Upon viewing a certain village on the summit of a mesa not manymiles from the present pueblo of San Ildefonso on the Rio Grande,he discovered that though the people were devout, their rituals wereall wrong and as a punishment for their ignorance he converted theminto sidc (small bird), Mexican pajarito, and had them fly that time the deserted village has been called Side ge, smallbird place. These ruins are known to the outside world as thePajarito ruins. Religion and ritual kept pace with the development of man. Thepeoples more remote from the long-continued influence of Roman NO. 8 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I913 75 Catholic priests, retain more of their elaborate rituals and nativeparaphernalia than those who have been under the control of theChurch.
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