ihan; on the same portion is the Snake Girl, Klishcho Nali{~COMBINING BREVE~}n; the
next is Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nezgani, the third Tubadzischi{~COMBINING BREVE~}ni, and the last Yolkai
Nali{~COMBINING BREVE~}n. The sharp points around the circular abodes of the two goddesses
represent barricades for protection. At the real homes of these deities,
none can pass through these barriers.

Each of the gods from left to right is prayed to successively, and
_hadintin_ is sprinkled around them afterward. Stenatlihan is the first to
be addressed by the prospective mother:

"We are your children. When you gave birth to your children, it caused you
no trouble. Make me like yourself, that my child, soon to be born, may
come into this world easily and quickly, without pain to me."

Next the Snake Girl is prayed to:

"Kli{~COMBINING BREVE~}shcho Nali{~COMBINING BREVE~}n, you came into this life with ease. Do what you can for
me now, that my child may come in like manner."

Then to Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nezgani:

"Help my babe, soon to be born, to come as you did--quickly, easily, and
without pain."

The belt in Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nezgani's left hand represents the one worn by his
mother, Stenatlihan, when he was born. There was a time when skirts, too,
having the same magic power the belt is supposed to possess, were worn by
women at childbirth. One such is shown in the hand of Tubadzischi{~COMBINING BREVE~}ni, next
pictured, to whom the woman addresses a prayer much the same as the last.
The skirt also is the one worn by Stenatlihan when the two brothers were
born.

[Illustration: Medicine Cap and Fetish - Apache]

Medicine Cap and Fetish - Apache

_From Copyright Photograph 1907 by E.S. Curtis_

Yolkai Nali{~COMBINING BREVE~}n is the favorite goddess from whom, in their belief, the
Apache women are endowed with great beneficence. She lives in the skies,
where all souls go. The prayer to her is, as to the others, "Save me from
pain and let my child come as you did."

Clouds at the feet of Naye{~COMBINING BREVE~}nezgani typify the bounties of the world into
which it is hoped and prayed the child will be happily born.

The prayers finished, _hadintin_ is sifted over all the figures. Beginning
at the left, the lightning line is followed into Stenatlihan's abode,
which is then encircled, and the sacred powder is liberally sprinkled
around and over her body. Each figure