42. Songs of the Mountain Spirit Ceremony, Chiricahua Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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The Big Blue Mountain Spirit in the east,
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The Big Blue Mountain Spirit in the east,
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Ha'óó'áͅí biyaazhiͅ Gáͅhéntsodatł'izhń,
Koͅoͅghéésh datł'izhí yeebits'ís góókáͅ yá'iłndízhiͅ,
Baashighiͅgooslíͅ;
Shaagoł'aandígo,
Niigosdzáń bikázhiͅ shighiͅgooslíͅ.
Nandi'áí biyaazhiͅ Gáͅhéntsołitsoń,
K'osłitsoí yeebighaͅ,
Yeebits'is góókáͅ,
Yeesizaa'di'á,
'Áshíͅ niigosdzáń bikázhiͅ shiłdighiͅdeest'áͅ.
'I'óó'áͅí biyaazhiͅ, Gáͅhéntsołigań,
Yá'iłndízhiͅ k'osłigaí 'iłnóozi,
Shaabił'aandígo,
Niigosdzáń bikázhiͅ shiłdighiͅ;
'Áshíͅ baashighiͅgooslíͅ,
Baashił'aandí.
Náhákosí biyaazhiͅ Gáͅhéntsodiłhiłń,
Shaabił'aandígo,
Shighiͅgooslíͅ;
Dighiͅ shizaa'di'á,
Baashił'aandí,
Baashighiͅgooslíͅ.
Ha'óó'áͅí biyaazhiͅ Gáͅhéntsodatł'izhń,
Koͅoͅghéésh datł'izhí yeebits'ís góókáͅ yá'iłndízhiͅ,
Baashighiͅgooslíͅ;
Shaagoł'aandígo,
Niigosdzáń bikázhiͅ shighiͅgooslíͅ.
Nandi'áí biyaazhiͅ Gáͅhéntsołitsoń,
K'osłitsoí yeebighaͅ,
Yeebits'is góókáͅ,
Yeesizaa'di'á,
'Áshíͅ niigosdzáń bikázhiͅ shiłdighiͅdeest'áͅ.
'I'óó'áͅí biyaazhiͅ, Gáͅhéntsołigań,
Yá'iłndízhiͅ k'osłigaí 'iłnóozi,
Shaabił'aandígo,
Niigosdzáń bikázhiͅ shiłdighiͅ;
'Áshíͅ baashighiͅgooslíͅ,
Baashił'aandí.
Náhákosí biyaazhiͅ Gáͅhéntsodiłhiłń,
Shaabił'aandígo,
Shighiͅgooslíͅ;
Dighiͅ shizaa'di'á,
Baashił'aandí,
Baashighiͅgooslíͅ.
The Big Blue Mountain Spirit in the east,
His spiritually hale body is made of the blue mirage in the center of the sky,[16]
My songs about it have been created;
He is happy over me,
My songs have been created on the earth.
The Big Yellow Mountain Spirit in the south,
His home is made of yellow clouds,
His spiritually hale body is made of it,
He customarily sings into my mouth by means of it,[17]
Then the ceremony on the earth has begun with me.
The Big White Mountain Spirit in the west,
The cross of white clouds in the center the sky,[18]
He is happy over me,
There is a ceremony with me on the earth;
Then my songs about it have been created,
I am happy over it.
The Big Black Mountain Spirit in the north,
He is happy over me,
My songs have been created;
He customarily sings the ceremony into my mouth,
I am happy over it,
My songs about it have been created.
His spiritually hale body is made of the blue mirage in the center of the sky,[16]
My songs about it have been created;
He is happy over me,
My songs have been created on the earth.
The Big Yellow Mountain Spirit in the south,
His home is made of yellow clouds,
His spiritually hale body is made of it,
He customarily sings into my mouth by means of it,[17]
Then the ceremony on the earth has begun with me.
The Big White Mountain Spirit in the west,
The cross of white clouds in the center the sky,[18]
He is happy over me,
There is a ceremony with me on the earth;
Then my songs about it have been created,
I am happy over it.
The Big Black Mountain Spirit in the north,
He is happy over me,
My songs have been created;
He customarily sings the ceremony into my mouth,
I am happy over it,
My songs about it have been created.
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Ethnological Note Ethnological Note
Just as the homes of the supernaturals are referred to in terms of natural phenomena of appropriate colors, so are their persons.
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Ethnological Note Ethnological Note
In Apache ritual custom, when one person learns ceremonial songs from another the teacher is said to 'sing them into the mouth" of the pupil. This expression probably derives from the practice of putting pollen into the mouth of the pupil four times at the end of the apprenticeship. With the entrance of the pollen into the mouth the abilities and spiritual benefits which go with the songs are said to enter also. It must not be believed that every Apache who practices a ceremony has obtained it by his own personal experience. In origin, a Mountain Spirit ceremony is always obtained through a personal vision experience, but once it has been learned it may, if the Mountain Spirits are willing, be passed on to another. There are tests to determine whether the person who wishes to learn the ceremony is acceptable to the Mountain Spirits.
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