Zuni Fetiches

CONTENTS.

Zuñi philosophy........................................................................ 9
 Worship of animals............................................................... 11
 Origin of Zuñi Fetichism......................................................... 12
 The Zuñi Iliad Refers to the epic oral history and mythological cycle of the Zuñi people.................................................................... 12
  The Drying of the World...................................................... 13
Power of the Fetiches.................................................................. 15
Prey Gods of the Six Regions The Zuñi conceive of space as having six directions: North, South, East, West, Zenith/Upper, and Nadir/Lower............................................ 16
 Their origin..................................................................... 16
  Pó-shai-an-k’ia.............................................................. 16
 Their power as mediators......................................................... 18
  Mí-tsi....................................................................... 18
 Their worship.................................................................... 19
Prey Gods of the Hunt.................................................................. 20
 Their relation to the others..................................................... 20
 Their origin..................................................................... 20
  The distribution of the animals.............................................. 21
 Their varieties.................................................................. 24
  The Mountain Lion—Hunter God of the North.................................... 25
  The Coyote—Hunter God of the West............................................ 26
  The Wild Cat—Hunter God of the South......................................... 27
  The Wolf—Hunter God of the East.............................................. 28
  The Eagle—Hunter God of the Upper Regions.................................... 29
  The Mole—Hunter God of the Lower Regions..................................... 30
  The Ground Owl and the Falcon................................................ 30
 Their relative values............................................................ 30
 Their custodian.................................................................. 31
 The rites of their worship....................................................... 32
  The Day of the Council of the Fetiches....................................... 32
  Ceremonials of the hunt...................................................... 33
 Their power...................................................................... 39
Prey Gods of the Priesthood of the Bow................................................. 40
 The Knife-Feathered Monster, the Mountain Lion, and the Great White Bear........ 40
 Their resemblance to the Prey Gods of the Hunt................................... 41
 The rites of their worship....................................................... 41
Other Fetiches......................................................................... 44
 Fetiches of Navajo origin........................................................ 44
  The pony..................................................................... 44
  The sheep.................................................................... 44
Amulets and charms..................................................................... 44