Zuni Shield and Fetich White Bear Mountain Lion Priesthood Of Bow New Mexico 1883 Print
Plate X
The Priesthood of the Bow possesses three fetiches, two of which are of the We-raa-d-ha-i, (Plate X, Fig. 2, and Plate XI, Fig. 2.) The other is sometimes classed with these, sometimes with the higher beings, and may be safely said to form a connecting link between the idolatry proper of the Zunis and their fetichism. These three beings are, the Mountain Lion (Plate X, Fig. 2), the great White Bear (Plate XI, Fig. 2), (Aiij-shi k'6-ha-na—the god of the scalp-taking ceremonials), and the Knife-feathered Monster (A-tchi-a la-to-pa), (Plate X, Fig. 1).
Knife-feathered Monster (A-tchi-a la-to-pa), (Plate X, Fig. 1). This curious god is the hero of hundreds of folklore tales, and the tutelar deity of several of the societies of Zuni. He is represented as possessing a human form, furnished with flint knife-feathered pinions, and tail. His dress consists of the conventional terraced cap ( representative of his dwelling-place among the clouds), and the ornaments, badge, and garments of the Ka'-ka. His weapons are the Great Flint-Knife of War, the Bow of the Skies (the rain-bow), and the Arrow of Lightning, and his guardians or warriors are the Great Mountain Lion of the North and that of the upper regions. He was doubtless the original War God of the Zunis.
Mountain Lion (Plate X, Fig. 2),
Print 132 year old original print from Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81. by J. W. Powell, Director. Washington Government Printing Office 1883
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