Myths and Tales from the White Mountain Apache / Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History Vol. XXIV, Part II

by Pliny Earle Goddard

In the shadow of his blue wings, I come.

“Where the yellow mirage is located at the center of the sky, I go up.

In the shadow of the yellow wings, I come.

“Where the white mirage is located at the center of the sky, I go up.

In the shadow of the white wings, I come,” he sang.

“Between the two who sit on the white sky, I go up. Where the white weeds tower up, white on the sky at its center, I go up,” he sang.

“Where the dark houses of the eagles project, I come,” he sang.

“Where the blue houses of eagles project, I go up.

“Where the red houses of the eagles project, I go up.

“Where the white houses of the eagles project, I go up,” he sang.