Post by blackcrowheart on Jun 23, 2008 17:27:53 GMT -5
Hole In The Nose Saves Turning Into A Fish - Miwok
The Southern Mewuk of the Mariposa region say:
If a person dies without a hole in his nose he will turn into a fish, but if the nose is perforated for the kun-no-wah [1] he will not turn into a fish.
Footnotes:
[1] The kun-no-wah is a short white rod of shell or stone worn in the nose by both men and women of this tribe.
The Dawn of the World; Myths and Weird Tales Told by the Mewan [Miwok] Indians of California; Collected and Edited by C. Hart Merriam; Cleveland: Arthur H. Clarke Co., [1910] ] and is now in the public domain
The Southern Mewuk of the Mariposa region say:
If a person dies without a hole in his nose he will turn into a fish, but if the nose is perforated for the kun-no-wah [1] he will not turn into a fish.
Footnotes:
[1] The kun-no-wah is a short white rod of shell or stone worn in the nose by both men and women of this tribe.
The Dawn of the World; Myths and Weird Tales Told by the Mewan [Miwok] Indians of California; Collected and Edited by C. Hart Merriam; Cleveland: Arthur H. Clarke Co., [1910] ] and is now in the public domain