Zuni Fetiches
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Frank Hamilton Cushing >> Zuni Fetiches
[Illustration: Fig. 1.--Concretion.]
Again, certain minerals (Fig. 2), or fossils, etc. (Fig. 3), will be
regarded as belonging to, or parts of, the gods, yet will be used as
medicines of war or the chase, or by means of which water may be
produced or crops stimulated, to say nothing of their efficacy as cures,
or sources of strength, etc. For instance, Fig. 2 is of aragonite, hence
referred to the Upper regions, and therefore valuable to give efficacy
to the paint with which plume-sticks of rain prayers are decorated;
while Fig. 3, from its shape, is supposed to represent the relic of the
weapon or tooth of a god, and therefore endowed with the power of
Sa-wa-ni-k'ia, and hence is preserved for generations--with an
interminable variety of other things--in the Order of the Warriors, as
the "protective medicine of war" (Shom-i-ta-k'ia). A little of it,
rubbed on a stone and mixed with much water, is a powerful medicine for
protection, with which the warrior fails not to anoint his whole body
before entering battle.
[Illustration: Fig. 2.--Mineral fetich.]
[Illustration: Fig. 3.--Fossil fetich.]
These amulets and implements of worship are well illustrated in the
National Museum, and the subject merits extensive treatment. The facts
connected with them will throw much light upon the mental
characteristics and beliefs of the Zunis. At some future time I hope to
set this matter forth more fully.
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NOTE.--It is to be regretted that the haste in which this paper was
prepared by the author, before his departure for New Mexico, to resume
his researches among the Zunis, made it impossible for him to discuss
further this interesting subject. The abundant material in his
possession, gained from actual membership in the order or society under
discussion, would have rendered this comparatively easy under other
circumstances.--Ed.
INDEX.
Amulets of the Zunis, 44
Animal carvings, worship, Zuni, 11
A[']shi-wa-ni or priests of Zuni, 12
A[']shi-wa or Zuni, 9
Bear fetich, White, Zuni, 40
Ceremonials of the hunt, Zuni, 33
Charmes of the Zunis, 44
Coyote fetich, Zuni, 26
Distribution of the animals; Zuni myth, 21
Drying of the world; Zuni myth, 13
Eagle fetich, Zuni, 29
Falcon fetich, Zuni, 30
Fetich ceremonies connected with hunting, Zuni, 33
, Coyote; Zuni hunter god of the west, 26
, Eagle; Zuni hunter god of the upper regions, 29
, Mole; Zuni hunter god of the lower regions, 30
, Mountain lion; Zuni hunter god of the north, 25, 40
, Navajo pony, 44
sheep, 44
, Wild cat; Zuni hunter god of the south, 27
, Wolf; Zuni hunter god of the east, 28
, Zuni falcon and ground owl, 30
ground owl and falcon, 30
knife feathered monster, 40
white bear, 40
Fetiches, Material used by Zunis in making, 25, 40
, Material used by Zunis in ornamenting, 25, 40
of Navajo origin, 44
, Zuni, 12
, Council of the, 32
, Custodianship of the, 30
of the prey gods of the hunt, 20
of the prey gods of the priesthood of the bow, 40
Fetiches, Zuni, of the prey gods of the six regions, 19
, Place of deposit of, 31
, Power of the, 15, 33
, Relative value of the, 30
Fetichism, Origin of Zuni, 12
God, Zuni hunter, of the east, 28
lower regions, 30
north, 25
south, 29
upper regions, 29
west, 26
Gods, Zuni prey, of the hunt, 20
priesthood of the bow, 40
six regions, 16
Hunting, Zuni ceremonials preceding, 33
Iliad, the Zuni, 12
Knife-feathered monster fetich, Zuni, 40
Lucas, J. D., Shell gorget collected by, 29
Medicine, Iroquois myth giving origin of, 18
Mi-tsi, Zuni myth of, 18
Mole fetich, Zuni, 30
Mountain lion fetich, Zuni, 25, 40
Myth, Zuni, of distribution of the animals, 21
drying of the world, 13
Mi-tsi, 18
Po-shai-an-kia; prey god, 16
Navajo fetiches, 44
Owl fetich, Zuni, 30
Philosophy, Zuni, 9
Pony fetich, Navajo, 44
Po[']-shai-an-k'ia; Prey god; Zuni myth, 16
Power of the Zuni fetiches, 15, 33
prey gods, 18
Prayers of the Zuni priesthood of the bow, 42
, Zuni, preparatory to the hunt, 33
Prey gods, Zuni, Ceremony attending worship of, 32
of the hunt, Number of the, 25
, Origin of the, 20
, Relation of, to others, 20
resemble prey gods of priesthood of the bow, 41
, Worship of the, 33
Prey godsof the six regions, Zuni, Number of the, 16
, Origin of the, 16
, Power of the, as mediators, 18
, Varieties of the, 24
, Worship of the, 19
priesthood of the bow, Zuni, 40
, Number of the, 40
, Resemble prey god of the hunt, 41
, Worship of the, 41, 43
Priesthood of the bow, Prey gods of the Zuni, 40
; Zuni Prey Brother, 19
Priests of Zuni or A[']-shi-wa-ni, 12
Sheep fetich, Navajo, 44
We-ma-we, Zuni name for all fetiches, 12
White bear fetich, Zuni, 40
Wolf fetich, Zuni, 28
World, Zuni myth of drying of the, 12
Worship of animals, Zuni, 11
Zuni prey gods, Ceremony attending, 32
of priesthood of the bow, 41, 43
the six regions, 19
Zuni animal worship, 11
fetiches, by F. H. Cushing, 1
fetichism, Origin of, 12
Iliad, 12
mythology, 11
or A-shi-wi, 9
philosophy, 9
priest or A-shi-wi-ni, 12