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Seven Mohave Myths

Note 32 — III. NYOHAIVA

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Kīm-, cf. akyêm, shoot; ku-sumā, dream. He dreamed of bows and arrows and instructed people in successful hunting, and told how he could shoot the sky and make his arrows stick in it. He shot at ammo, the mountain sheep (the three stars of Orion's belt); hence people hunt mountain sheep. Two or three small stars in a row in Orion are his arrow.

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