This song-sequence begins with the death of Mah-oh-rah. Seeking to bring her back from the spirit world, her father rides in pursuit across the sky. The Grandmother, guardian deity of the Wyandots, transforms the flying group into stars, Dehn-dek’s three stags becoming the stars in the Belt of Orion. Line 5. The spirit world. Line 6. _Our Grandmother_ was the daughter of the Mighty Ruler of Heaven. The Creation myth relates her accidental fall from heaven, her rescue by the Swans, and the creation of the Great Island (North America) for her home. In her subterranean city, she ruled over the Wyandots with her fiery torch given by the Thunder God. After the Wyandots came out to live on the earth, their spirits visited her on their way to the Land of the Little People. 95. Goddard, Pliny Earle. From the literal translation of Song V, The Masked Dancers of the Apache, Holmes Anniversary Volume, pp. 134-136. 96. _Ibid._, Song III, p. 134. 97. Russell, Frank. The Pima Indians, p. 280. “On their emergence upon the surface of the earth, the Nether-World people danced together and with Elder Brother sang this song.” Since this is an archaic song, with its theme of the beginning of the race, we may consider it, in the original, an example of the earlier rhythms. 98. _Ibid._, p. 274. The last four words are added, in Mr. Russell’s own words, to show that the original song closes with a repetition of its opening. The complete version, in seventeen lines, uses the opening group three times. This song is archaic; and its rhythm is undoubtedly one of the earlier types. 99. Matthews, Washington. Navaho Myths, Prayers, and Songs, p. 61. 101. Matthews, Washington. The Night Chant, pp. 280-281. Amer. Mus. of Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1902. 102. _Ibid._, pp. 279-280. 103. Curtis, Natalie. The Indians’ Book, pp. 361-362. 104. _Ibid._, pp. 357-358. Sung to consecrate the hogans, or dwellings, of the gods; and in later times, to consecrate the hogans of the Navahos. 107. _Ibid._, pp. 363-364. 109. Matthews, Washington. The Night Chant, p. 140. 110. Curtis, Natalie. The Indians’ Book, pp. 354-356. Each song is sung four times, with the substitution, in the sixth line, of the name of another mountain. 114. Matthews, Washington. The Night Chant, p. 81. 116. Curtis, Natalie. The Indians’ Book, p. 352. 117. Curtis, Natalie. The Indians’ Part in the Dedication of the New Museum, pp. 31-32. Art and Archæology, vol. VII. 119. Curtis, Edward S. The North American Indian, vol. I, p. 37. The North American Indian, Inc. N. Y. 1907. _Stenatliha_—woman without parents—goddess of creation. 120. Matthews, Washington. Navaho Legends, pp. 269-275. “This prayer is addressed to a mythic thunder-bird...; but the bird is spoken of as a male divinity.” 125. Matthews, Washington. Navaho Myths, Prayers, and Songs, pp. 47-48. Stanzas II, III, and IV vary chiefly in the first two lines: the conclusion repeats four times, “It is finished in beauty.”