The Killing of the Giant, Chiricahua Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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Ethnological Notes
Morris Opler
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Ethnological Notes Morris Opler
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Ethnological Note 1
The arrows of Child of the Water are often described as made of grama-grass.
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Ethnological Note 2
One version has it that Child of the Water swallows a bead of turquoise each time Giant shoots, and the arrows of the Giant are splintered in mid-air. Others say that Child of the Water recited certain prayers which caused the arrows to miss their mark. Still others say that Child of the Water, aided by lightning, blew outward each time and shattered the arrows. [See Mescalero text 8].
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Ethnological Note 3
Very often informants name some locality where the bones of the Giant, now turned to rock can be seen to this day. Lava beds and masses of dark or reddish rock are pointed out as the coagulated blood of the Giant. The Giant is said to have been so tall that his outstretched body covered four mountain ridges.
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