P
Papago country, 134
Papago Indian Religion (Under-hill), 305 n6
Papago Music (Densmore), 307 n6
Papago territorial group, 4
Paradise
as spirit destination, 93 c
stories of loss of, 42 –43, 316 n1
Parental duties, commandment concerning, 122 , 157
Parenthood
versus creation, 45 , 68 , 75 –77, 111 –112, 137 –141, 181 –182, 311 –312nn1, 2, 3. See also Sexual relations
language of, 69 –70, 70 c, 130 , 215 , 302 –303n4, 308 –309n12
Parents
obedience to, 114
responsibilities of, 115 c
Parrots
creation from Ha-ak's blood, 149 –150
creation of from sky-fallen lizard, 138 , 139 , 147
Patolli (game), 307 n7
Peace, period of, 134
Peacock tail hats, 218
Pearl of Great Price, The , 21
People.
See also Humans; Man
creation of first, 54 –55
formation from clay, 78 –79
petrified, 303 n8
Personal accounts, 3
Peyote Meeting, 23
Peyote Religion, The (Stewart), 23 , 24
Philandering, crime of, 67 , 68
Picacho, 147
"Pima Creation Myth" (Hayden), 26
"Pima Creation Myth" (Russell), 26
Pima language
first writing of, 33
orthography and pronunciation of, 28 –29
Pima mythology, physicality of, 68
Pima-Papago
creation of, 41
identification of, 291 n2
levels of text among, 25
literature of, 24 –26
riverine versus desert adaptations of, 309 –310n2
sacraments among, 18
Pima-Papago mythology physicality of, 68
relationship to history, 281
single narrators of, 282
Pimas
fighting among, 112 c
first ancestor of, 47
as first to plant, 81
relationship to Hohokam, 1 –2, 10
Upper and Lower, 297 n2
Pima territorial group, 4
Pima-to-Pima conquest, 37
Pinion feathers, 105
Pinole, drinking of, 160
Pioneer period, 10 , 292 –293n7
Planting
by ancient Pimas, 81
care in, 127 c
Plant-persons, 76
Plants
creation by First Born, 59
creation of (New English Bible), 63
Plate-licker, 248 , 248 n
"Platform mounds," 292 n6
Population, increase in, 56
Popul Vuh (mythology), 294 n10
Poso Verde, 149 , 313 n8
Post-Hohokam era, beginning of, 236
Postkilling purification, 174
Power.
See also Wetness and dryness
of blue deer, 254
of Buzzard, 41 –42, 204 , 315 nn13, 14, 15, 318 n2
of Siuuhu, 41 –42, 298 –299n6
of siwañs, 41 –42, 205 , 322 n4
symbolism of, 31
Pregnancy, shortening of, 67 , 69
Pre-Hohokam period, 282
Pride
consequences of, 114 c
origin of, 112
Procreation. See Parenthood; Sexual relations
Proof, and myth, 8
Prose, 25
and memorization, 24 –25
narrative versus commentary, 28
Prostitute. See Whore
Protestantism, 16 , 19
Protest song poetry, 309 n4
Puberty ceremonies, 180 , 196 , 316 n2, 321 –322n21
Puberty song, 197 , 198
Pueblo Grande (ancient place and ruin), 15 , 125 , 252 , 253
Pueblo Indian farming songs, 307 n6
Pumpkin
planting of, 104
raining of, 91 , 102
return of, 99 –100
Pumpkin seeds, as a symbol of marriage, 83
Purification
postkilling, 153 –154, 170 –171
speeches, 18 , 156