Then she performed all of that which had been given to her in exactly their
way.
(21.8)
'Ákoo díídíí kaahít'iͅiͅí díík'eh bikék'ehyá
'ádzílaaná'a.
'Ákoo, k'át'égo, gotál nnát'á gooslíͅná'a.
Then she performed all of that which had been given to her in exactly their
way.
And, in this way, the ceremony came to be customarily performed.[3]
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Ethnological Note 3
This sentence must not lead one to think that there is
but one Mountain Spirit ceremony and that this is its origin story. The old
woman's ceremony would be followed only by those to whom she [with approval of
her power] handed down her lore. Other shaman's and their descendants,
controlled Masked Dancer ceremonies obtained from the Mountain Spirits of other
localities, and all these rites, though they exhibited a definite common
pattern, were dissimilar in detail. Incidentally, this story evidences that
women as well as men were the recipients of significant supernatural experiences
and rites. [See also Chiricahua texts 34 and 35].
