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Show Wright also observes that the Kachinas at Kolhu/walatwa not only control the rain, but the relative abundance of game. The creation of the mudheads at Kolhu/walatwa is described by him, as is the location of the mudhead's clay at eg Kolhu/walatwa. Kyaklo's trip to Zuni is also described. Even Gene Meany Hodge's children's book The Kachinas are Comingt Pueblo Indian Kachina Dolls with Related Folktales does an admirable job of demonstrating the importance of Kolhu/walatwa to the Zuni people. She conjectures that impersonators become "prototypes of the sacred beings they so religiously represent." The migration narrative, the Koyemshi, the gathering practices at Kolhu/walatwa, and many more references to the "Land of the Souls" can be found in lio<%e'sjB|ra1 66. Ibid., pp. 17, 38-39, and 52-53, although nearly every page makes reference to Kolhu/walatwa. Oi^p. 106 Wright reports that some say Mahedinasha lives on the mountain east of Kolhu/walatwa. 67. Hodge, Gene Meany Hodge The Kachinas are Coming: Hueblo Indian Kachina Dolls with Related Folktales, Northland Press, Flagstaff, 1967, especially pp. xv, 1,7-8, 11, 16, 19, 22, 25, 40, 121, and 125. - 45 - |
