When the white of daylight met the yellow of sunset in mid-heavens they embraced, and white gave birth to the coyote; yellow to the yellow fox. Blue of the south and black of the north similarly met, giving birth, blue to blue fox and north to badger.
Blue and yellow foxes were given to the Pueblos; coyote and badger remain with the Navajo; but Great Wolf is ruler over them all. Great Wolf was the chief who counseled separation of the sexes.
[Footnotes]
[1.] In the decoration of the bodies several men assisted, but the personators of the gods did much of the work on their own persons, and they seemed quite fastidious. The fingers were dipped into the paint and rubbed on the body.
[2.] Continency must be observed by the personators of the gods until all paint is removed from their bodies.
[3.] The suds were crossed and encircled with the pollen to give them additional power to restore the invalid to health.
[4.] I noticed that the priest of the sweat house on no occasion sat with the song-priest and his attendants.
[5.] This food is dried and made into a powder, and used as a medicine by the theurgist.
[6.] The old priest relating this myth now produced a pouch containing corn pollen and a crystal, which he dipped in the pollen and said, “Now we must all eat of this pollen and place some on our heads, for we are to talk about it.”