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2. The purpose of the rites performed in this cult is to cause seeds, especially corn, to germinate and grow, and to bring rain to water the farms.

3. The AaltH priesthood at Walpi, who personate Aldsakas* perform duties suggestive of those of warriors.

4. The intimate relationship of Aldsaka rites with those of the Rain-cloud clans supports legends that they were at one time associated and brought from southern Arizona by the Squash people who formerly lived with or near the Rain-cloud people along Little Colorado river.

5. The Aldsaka cult is a highly modified form of animal totem- ism, and the Aldsaka represents the mountain sheep.

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