In Zuñi mythology, the Aihayuta are a 2nd pair of twin-brother heroes who complement the 1st set of twin-brother heroes, the Ahayuta.
In literature[edit]
- "Parsons uses Aihayuta to refer to the second pair of Twins who were generated at Hanlhibinkya while the people were searching for the Center Place."
- "Bunzel (1932 : 597) states that the second pair ... were generated by a waterfall at Hanlhibinkya."
- "D. Tedlock (1972 : 225–69) gives the names Uyuyuwi and Ma’asewi to the pair of Twins who were created while the people were searching for the Center Place".[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ M. Jane Young : "Morning Star, Evening Star : Zuni Traditional Stories", p. 94, n. 3. In Ray A. Williamson & Claire R. Farrer : Earth & Sky : Visions of the Cosmos in Native American Folklore. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1992. pp. 75–100 [ISBN missing]
References[edit]
- Bunzel, Ruth L. : "Introduction to Zuñi Ceremonialism". Forty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, for the years 1929–1930. pp. 467–1086. Washington (DC), 1932.
- Parsons, Elsie C. : "The Origin Myth of the Zuñi". Journal of American Folklore 36 (1923) : 135–62.
- Tedlock, Dennis : Finding the Center : Narrative Poetry of the Zuni Indians. NY : Dial Press, 1972.[ISBN missing][page needed]