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mB«'J.rLJ THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 191
O LBBECHTSj
na.sGwo"' na.'skt-Gwo"' GO°"t*oti' |
aoe-'lo
a ntDalo-'nt-Ge'"
also this here, L to be used with it beads they yellow, -ish
t'a'^li Da'g-'.i I
Gany-'oi na.'yo'.Go' |
ii9'wo/t*i-N!9'
two they (sol)
have been
lying down,
Hab
a'N'owa'ci
cloth it (ku) let down moreover to cure with, and
aye-'Hi suli;*'yilGa' a*stQ*'r)OSo'H-Gwo^' GwistanoU-Gwo'^" Dt'^'Di"
made lilie swamp tree it has been scraped, L it has been steeped, L to give it to
them to drink
This is the Medicine for Their Navel
FREE TRANSLATION
Now then! Now thou hast come to listen, Yellow Goldfinch, in
the great swampy thicket thou art staying, moving about. Thou art
really a most powerful wizard indeed. Thou never failest in any-
thing. It is merely the "yellow" that has put the important thing
under him. Ha, very quickly thou hast come to push it aside. Only
a hkeness of it will be left, where it was moving about.
Now then! Ha, now thou hast come to listen, Yellow Pigeon, in
the great swamp thou art staying. Thou art a most powerful wizard
indeed. Thou never failest in anything. It is merely the "yellow"
that has put the important thing under him. Ha, quickly thou hast
come to put him on his feet. Only a likeness of it will be left, where
it was moving about.
Now then! Now thou hast come to Hsten, Long Human Being,
(and thou) White Kingfisher, you two have become united as one.
You two, most powerful wizards indeed, you two never fail in any-
thing. It is merely the "yellow" that has put the important thing
under him. Very quickly he has been put on his feet. Only a like-
ness of it will be left where it was moving about.
Now then! Now thou hast come to listen, Long Human Being, (and
thou) Red Fish Hawk, you two have become united as one, (etc., with
at the end:) Quicldy you two have come to put him on his feet.
This is (for) when they are sick with the "yellow"; it is to cure
people with, and (also this is what) is to be used to give them to drink.
Two yellow beads should be lying down; moreover, cloth should be
lying on (the ground). And to cure (them) with, swamp-tree (bark)
should be scraped and steeped, (to) give it to them to drink.
explanation
In this formula for navel-nab-ni the Yellow Goldfinch and the Yellow
Pigeon are again invoked (see No. 14, p. 189), together with the
Long Human Being, the White Kingfisher, and the Red Fish Hawk.
The Long Human Being is the formulistic name of the water in its
special form as a river, considered as a giant, with his head among the
mountains and his feet reaching down to the lowlands, while his
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