R

Rain.

See also Wetness and dryness

cactus wine ritual for, 123

versus irrigation as mythological theme, 35 –36, 297 –298n4, 309 –310n2

Morning Green Chief as the master of, 139

relationship to Tobacco, 97 –98

Rainbow

Black Sinew Chief as, 259

meaning of, 74

origin of green in, 146

Rainbow Doctor, 262

"Rainhouses," 297 n1

Rain-man, 108 –109

Rain songs, 306 n6

Rattlesnake, 61

killing by, 242

Rattlesnake House, 229

battle at, 204

Rattlesnake's Teeth (place), 61 , 302 n8

Raven

creation of, 242 –243

fight with geeho-duk , 267

Raven Mountain, 230

Raw, Rock, 314 n5

Rebirth, of gods, 67 –68, 303 n8

Red Mountain, 131

Reed flute, 71

Religious tradition, sacraments in, 17 –18

Resurrection, 16 –17, 179 –181, 186 –188, 199 –200

Retelling accuracy, Pima-Papago concern for, 25 –26

Revelations, 20 –21, 292 n5

River, red, 274

River People, 229 , 309 n2. See also Pimas

Roadrunner, 78

"Rock Raw," 314 n5

Rope, made from Morning Green's daughter's hair, 109

Rosesucker (hummingbird), 39

Russell, Frank, 26 , 291 n3