The Osage tribe, two versions of the child-naming rite / (1928 N 43 / 1925-1926 (pages 23-164))

CONTENTS

Page
Introduction	29
Child-naming Rituals	31
Birth Names of the Puma Gens	31
The First Three Sons	31
The First Three Daughters	32
Sky Names	32
Child-naming Ritual of the Puma Gens	33
?i´-no?—Ceremony of Decorating the Xo´-?a	33
?i´-no? Wi´-gi-e	34
Wa´-?se-?si and the ?si´-zhu Wa-shta-ge Gentes	35
?si ?a´-p?e (Approach to the House)	36
The Wa-the´-the Ceremony	38
Zha´-zhe ?i-?o? Wi´-gi-e	40
Old-age Wi´-gi-e	45
Wi´-gi-e of the Wa´-?se-?si Gens	47
Wi´-gi-e of the Bow People	47
Earth Names and Wi´-gi-es	48
Wi´-gi-e of the Wa´-?se-gi-?si	51
Special Instructions to the Mother	54
Origin Wi´-gi-e of the Tho´-xe Gens	56
Child-naming Ritual of the ?si´-zhu Wa-shta-ge Gens	59
Certain Gentes Called to Take Part in the Ceremony	59
Wa-zho´-i-ga-the (Life Symbol) Wi´-gi-e	60
The Xo´-?a Ceremonially Conducted to the Child’s House	67
A Life Symbol Sent to Each of the Officiating Gentes	68
Gentes Recite Their Wi´-gi-es Simultaneously	68
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