Vernal Scrapbook

The Hoop Game

By enacting the Hoop and Arrow game, man shows the gods what they are to do in emulation, and the crops are to be made good.

THE GAME EOOP 4nd Tts symbolio Signification Reagan uses the wording Round sodied reople but qualifies it withstatement that it may represent hoop game The writer inclines more to the Hoop Geame interpretetion and will illustrate 1ts possible significance by quoting from others Iu one very good glyph at vernal apoears noop With two arrows pointing to it In many of the books on the Southwest indiens authors remark of the Hoop and Avrow game the snake toe ATTOW AANAA Al L1GhtNIng AN have glyphs conventionaily interchangeable in some way tne Indins who play the HoOp and ArTow game symbolize by tue shooting of the arrow through tne hoop the imparting of the principdecof gemeration as they hold that the Lightning rlash fruovifies the corn pollen ni produdes gemeration nence they follow aymbolically by shooting the flashing Arrow through the Boop whienboth game of skill am dexterity md as well of symbolic signification Henoe by enacting the Hoop and Arrow game here on arth by man man shows the godsabove wiat they are do in emulation and the orops are to be made good Cushing says the act performed here influene 1oy proper rites the performance of that act by he gods Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved