Songs of Spirits (Wintu)
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āSongs of Spirits (Wintu).ā Internet Sacred Text Archive. Read via Sacred Texts Reader. https://sacred-texts.xyz/browse/nam/por/por37.htm
The Path on the Rainbow, edited by George W. Cronyn, [1918], at sacred-texts.com
p. 129
SONGS FROM CALIFORNIA
SONGS OF SPIRITS
WINTU
I
LIGHTNING
I bear the sucker-torch to the western tree-ridge.
Behold me! first born and greatest.
Behold me! first born and greatest.
II
OLELBIS (THE CREATOR)
Ā Ā Ā Ā I am great above.
Ā Ā Ā Ā I tan the black cloud.
Ā Ā Ā Ā I tan the black cloud.
III
HAU (RED FOX)
On the stone ridge east I go.
On the white road I, Hau, crouching go.
I, Hau, whistle on the road of stars.
On the white road I, Hau, crouching go.
I, Hau, whistle on the road of stars.
IV
POLAR STAR
The circuit of earth which you see,
The scattering of stars in the sky which you see,
All that is the place for my hair.
The scattering of stars in the sky which you see,
All that is the place for my hair.
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