XXV. Initiation Song of the Tewa K’osa

Songs of the Tewa, by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], at sacred-texts.com

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XXV

INITIATION SONG OF THE TEWA K’OSA

The K’osa make pantomime
          In Pine Tree Glade
          It rained this much
          In a water-hole amid the rocks.

The K’osa address Kâkanyu Sendo
          Old Man Kâkanyu!
          The big yellow eye
          Runs off in the water!

The K' osa make pantomime
          In Pine Tree Glade
          It rained this much
          In a water hole amid the rocks.

The K’osa address Uhu Sendo
          Old man Uhu!
          The big yellow eye
          Runs off in the water.

The Cloud People pursue the K’osa
          No, my man! No, my man.
          The yellow biscuit with a hole—
          That is all I mean!