W
Wa'aki (great-house), etymology of, 297 n1. See also Great-houses
Walking baskets, 208
Wampum Eater, 135
War.
See also Battles
definition of, 153
change in quality of, 235 –236
ending of, 272 –278
and end of the great-houses, 36 , 37
in the time of the great-houses, 8 –9
War ceremonies, origin of, 153
War purifications, 156 , 170 –171, 174 , 316 n18
Warriors, purification of, 18 , 174 n
War sacraments, 18
Water
for burning of the world, 93
crazy, 129
Water holes, camping at, 208
Watermelons, Siuuhu's creation of, 94
Water Plume, 237 –239
Way to Rainy Mountain, The (Momaday), 291 n1
Wetness and dryness as mythological themes, 38 , 41 –43, 139 –140, 204 –206, 246 n, 312 nn4, 5, 6, 315 nn13, 14, 15, 317 n7, 320 n16
Whale
creation of, 244
myth of the killing of, 323 n7
Whippoorwill, 321 n18
White beans, Siuuhu's creation of, 84
White Eater Old-woman, 211 c, 273 , 310 –311n6, 315 n10, 319 nn7, 8, 325 n4
White Feather, 133
White people
history of, 20
origin of, 19 , 155 , 168 –169
Siuuhu on, 207
White Shell Woman, 310 –311n6
White Thin Mountain, 89 , 100
Whore, 77 , 89 n, 111
"Whore, The," 112 –122
Wickedness
god's punishment of, 69 –74
sin of teaching, 119 –120c
after Siuuhu's death, 186
spread of, 53
Wi:gita ceremonies, 163 n, 314 n6, 322 –323nn7, 8
Wilcox, David, 298 n5
Wilson, Edmund, 296 n18
Wind
destruction by, 53
in Pima-Papago myth, 76
as the servant of Bitter Man, 33 , 34
Thin Leather's version of, 77
Wind-man, 108 –109
"Wind trouble," 219
Wine, origin of, 123 –130
Wine ceremonies ("Wine Drinks"), 123 , 297 n3, 305 –307n6, 309 n1, 310 n2
Wing-feather Running, 206
Wise men, 92
Witch, 138 , 140 , 144 , 144 n
Witch story, 141 –146
Women
creation of, 47
creation of (New English Bible), 64 –65
evil spirit in, 53
external creation by, 312 n2
first sin committed by, 122
footlooseness of, 77 , 111 , 122 c
game played by, 146
stealing of, 141
weakness of, 52 c
Woodpecker, 72 , 98
Wooshkam, Wooshkum, 209 c, 210
divisions of, 215
making blue oriole by, 221
splitting into four contingents, 222
wicked ways of, 276 c
World burning, signs of, 93 –94
World destruction, as caused by sexual relations, 67 –74
Worship, defined, 295 –296n14
Wright, Harold Bell, 304 n1
Wuaga ceremony, 321 n21