Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . nal, hades,and that we all go there and not beyond the sky; that Woyoot, theelder culture hero, was the moon, that he not only resurrected as themoon, but was the moon all the time. He was the first person whodied, and the signs of his sickness can be seen on the haggard face ofthe moon. Sixteen months he was sick with a bewitchment broughtupon him by lusting after a frog girl. When about to die, he toldthe people not to burn him because there was no fire. Coyote hadbeen hanging about over-afifectionate, licking the eyes of his
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . nal, hades,and that we all go there and not beyond the sky; that Woyoot, theelder culture hero, was the moon, that he not only resurrected as themoon, but was the moon all the time. He was the first person whodied, and the signs of his sickness can be seen on the haggard face ofthe moon. Sixteen months he was sick with a bewitchment broughtupon him by lusting after a frog girl. When about to die, he toldthe people not to burn him because there was no fire. Coyote hadbeen hanging about over-afifectionate, licking the eyes of his dying Si 82 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • ^t\JhLi h^rt- i^xlJyOf^J (lut iJi^Vf^ ?hi^iA m 0^, ^^ivj ty^eJ Fig. 76.—Reproduction of the upper half of page 34 of the newly discoveredBoscana manuscript showing the earliest known pictures of the paaayatturtle-shell rattle. In the eastern United States the turtle shell was attachedin a plane with the handle; in the west small shells were sought and one to five sliells were attached crosswi^e. ^ » . ?*?_ I^^Jil.
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