ng "elf-shafts," and "thunder-stones," and "bolts."

In like manner, the supernatural beings of man's fancy--the "master
existences"--are supposed to be more nearly related to the personalities
with which the elements and phenomena of nature are endowed than to
either animals or men; because, like those elements and phenomena, and
unlike men and animals, they are connected with remote tradition in a
manner identical with their supposed existence to-day, and therefore are
considered immortal.

To the above descriptions of the supernatural beings of Zuni Theology
should be added the statement that all of these beings are given the
forms either of animals, of monsters compounded of man and beast, or of
man. The animal gods comprise by far the largest class.

In the Zuni, no general name is equivalent to "the gods," unless it be
the two expressions which relate only to the higher or creating and
controlling beings--the "causes," Creators and Masters,
"Pi-kwain=a-ha-i" (Surpassing Beings), and "A-tae-tchu" (All-fathers),
the beings superior to all others in wonder and power, and the "Makers"
as well as the "Finishers" of existence. These last are classed with the
supernatural beings, personalities of nature, object beings, etc., under
one term--

_a._ I-shothl-ti-mon=a-ha-i, from _i-shothl-ti-mo-na_=ever recurring,
immortal, and _a-ha-i_=beings.

Likewise, the animals and animal gods, and sometimes even the
supernatural beings, having animal or combined animal and human
personalities, are designated by one term only--

_b._ K'ia-pin=a-ha-i, from _k'ia-pin-na_=raw, and _a-ha-i_=beings. Of
these, however, three divisions are made:

(1.) K'ia-pin-a-ha-i=game animals, specifically applied to those animals
furnishing flesh to man.

(2.) K'iae-shem-a-ha-i, from _k'iae-we_=water, _she-man_=wanting, and
_a-ha-i_=beings, the water animals, specially applied not only to them,
but also to all animals and animal gods supposed to be associated
sacredly with water, and through which water is supplicated.

(3.) We-ma-a-ha-i, from _we-ma_=prey, and _a-ha-i_=beings, "Prey
Beings," applied alike to the prey animals and their representatives
among the gods. Finally we have the terms--

_c._ Ak-na=a-ha-i, from _ak-na_=done, cooked, or baked, ripe, and
_a-ha-i_=beings, the "Done Beings," referring to mankind; and

_d_. Aesh-i-k'ia=a-ha-i, from _ae[']sh-k'ia_=made, finished, and
_a-ha-i_=beings, "Finished Beings," including the dead