Kayikuna Veva Spell.
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Then a lengthy middle strophe is recited, in which all the parts of a canoe are named with two verbs one after the other. The verbs are: “To wreathe the canoe in a ritual manner,” and “to paint it red in a ritual manner.” The prefix bo-, added to the verbs, has been here translated, “in a ritual manner.”1
The spell ends by a conclusion similar to that of many other canoe formulæ, “My canoe, thou art like a whirlwind, like a vanishing shadow! Disappear in the distance, become like mist, avaunt!”
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · The prefix bo- has three different etymological derivations, each carrying its own shade of meaning. First, it may be the first part of the Note 2 · See Division II of Chapter V. ↑Note 3 · These are the three usual rites for the sake of speed at the beginning of the journey. If the canoe remains slow, however, an auxiliary rite