In ancient times, while yet all beings belonged to one family, PÛshaiank'ia, the father of our sacred bands, lived with his children (disciples) in the City of the Mists, the center of the Medicine societies of the world. There he was guarded on all sides by his six warriors, the prey gods; toward the North by the Mountain Lion, Long Tail, toward the West by the Bear, Clumsy Foot, toward the South by the Badger, Black Mark Face, toward the East by the Wolf, Hang Tail, above by the Eagle, White Cap and below by the Mole.

In the center of the great sea of each of these regions stood a very ancient sacred place TÈthlshinakwÔn, a great mountain peak. In the North was the Mountain Yellow, in the West the Mountain Blue, in the South the Mountain Red, in the East the Mountain White, above the Mountain All-color, and below the Mountain Black.

Then said PÛshaiank'ia to the Mountain Lion, "Long Tail, thou art stout of heart and strong of will. Therefore give I unto thee and unto thy children forever the mastership of the gods of prey, and the guardianship of the great Northern World for thy coat is of yellow, that thou guard from that quarter the coming of evil upon my children of men, that thou receive in that quarter their messages to me, that thou become the father in the North of the sacred medicine orders all, that thou become a Maker of the Paths of men's lives."

Thither went the Mountain Lion. Then said PÛshaiank'ia to the Bear, "Black Bear, thou art stout of heart and strong of will. Therefore make I thee the younger brother of the Mountain Lion, the guardian and master of the West, for thy coat is of the color of the land of night," that thou guard from that quarter the coming of evil upon my children of men, that thou receive in that quarter their messages to me, that thou become the father in the West of the sacred medicine orders all, that thou become a Maker of the Paths of men's lives."

To the Badger, "Thou art stout of heart but not strong of will. Therefore make I thee the younger brother of the Bear, the guardian and master of the South, for thy coat is ruddy and marked with black and white equally, the colors of the land of summer, which is red, and stands between the day and the night, and thy homes are on the sunny sides of the hills," that thou guard from that quarter the coming of evil upon my children of men, that thou receive in that quarter their messages to me, that thou become the father in the South of the sacred medicine orders all, that thou become a Maker of the Paths of men's lives."

To the White Wolf, "Thou art stout of heart and strong of will. Therefore make I thee the younger brother of the Badger, the guardian and master of the East, for thy coat is white and gray, the color of the day and dawn," that thou guard from that quarter the coming of evil upon my children of men, that thou receive in that quarter their messages to me, that thou become the father in the East of the sacred medicine orders all, that thou become a Maker of the Paths of men's lives."

And to the Eagle, he said: "White Cap, thou art passing stout of heart and strong of will. Therefore make I thee the younger brother of the Wolf, the guardian and master of the Upper regions, for thou fliest through the skies without tiring, and thy coat is speckled like the clouds," that thou guard from that quarter the coming of evil upon my children of men, that thou receive in that quarter their messages to me, that thou become the father in the Upper regions of the sacred medicine orders all, that thou become a Maker of the Paths of men's lives."

"Prey Mole, thou art stout of heart and strong of will. Therefore make I thee the younger brother of the Eagle, the guardian and master of the Lower regions, for thou burrowest through the earth without tiring, and thy coat is of black, the color of the holes and caves of earth," that thou guard from that quarter the coming of evil upon my children of men, that thou receive in that quarter their messages to me, that thou become the father in the Lower regions of the sacred medicine orders all, that thou become a Maker of the Paths of men's lives."

Frank Hamilton Cushing - "Zuni Fetishes"

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