Zuni Breadstuff

CONTENTS

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
CHAPTER I. Creation and the Origin of Corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
II. The Origin of the Dragonfly and of the Corn Priests, or Guardians of the Seed . . . . . . . 55
III. Land Law and Labor . . . . . . . . . 125
IV. Corn-raising, or the "Decay of the Seed" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
V. Corn-raising, or the Regeneration of the Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
VI. I'-no-te-kwe a-wen I'-tâ-we, or the "Food of the Ancients" . . . . . . . . 216
VII. Na'-na-kwe a-wen I'-tâ-we, or the "Food of the Grandfathers" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
VIII. "The Young Men who were Fond of Parched Corn and Sweet Gruel, or The Four Awkward Suitors" . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
IX. Tâ'-a I'-tâ-we, or the "Food of the Seed of Seeds" . . . . . . . . . . 289