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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
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