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��TEPECANO PRAYERS

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��than

rntam here

avia'mbia'ka she not need

xi'ociG

��ga.a'ni nanpuanhokokotui

the I that I here with am decorated

��nanpusoi'ma'c that I sad appear.

pixowan anywhere

na.icapno'io-a

��kuha'pu.pi'cS.p Then thus also

naxo'mai that she other

mas more

��flower that she good shall behold

di nanpuhokot.kutui ^avarsa'mar

than that I with am decorated which is*

palo mulato 1

hio'cgi nanpuho'ko.a-'r'gidic

flower that I with am formed.

kuvi'cpuh6'gia.hogacapnoi"da kuhapu.-

Then she only that well shall behold. Then thus*

pwic& - p hoga navarho"oG'i'suriG2

also that which is garambuHoi

hio'cgi.hoko nanpuhokoDina'r'gio napu.- flower with that I with me form that she*

a"rak ha'cnacidu'du hava

form thus that hoards and

ga.a'rak 3 hio'cikhoko nanpu.a'r'gidic that rosa maria? flower with that I am formed.

kuni'pucho'hi kuvi'cinho'hida h6ga

Then I desire that she me shall desire that

uv nanica'pnoit gana'varici'vgok

woman whom I well behold that which is seven

o-'hi to'twak napua-'r.gidic

beautiful skies that is formed.

ci"arwo'fa na'tpumoho'ma'cir East beneath that she did there appear

ma'mcim hiocig&ko't ko'tuik'am

appearing flower with decoration

natpubo'iho-D ganavar.o - 'gat hava

that he did hither send he who is her father and

navardo"6o navarica'pma'mcim a'rakhokot who is her mother which is well appearing form with

kotui'k-am hapu.p'ic6'p ni'c.ta'n

decoration. Thus also I beg

hagicdara hoga navar6'gat hava pardon he who is her father and

1 Possibly Xanthoxylum pentanome. 1 Unidentified.

��ica p-

welU

��navardu"uD kumi.tunha-gicda ku-

who is her mother that they me will pardon. Then*

vr'nwi.tunva'kia hoga uv

with me self shall give that woman

nanica'pnofD havaganavarkofrup 4 hio'cic- that I well behold. And that which is toloache* flower

ho'k'o't nanpuho'kot.ko'tui kuhapu.-

with that I with am decorated. Then thus

pi'co'p kuni'pucho'hi kuvi'cinho'hida also that I desire that she me shall*

desire

hi'di u'v ha'vagana'varmai'mda

this woman and she who is the intoxicated one

uvikami napumtStok ganavari-

womankind that she is called that which is*

c'i'vgok o'hi towakwo't-a

seven beautiful sky beneath

napu.oi'dak kuha'pupi'c6 - p nictan

that she belongs. Then thus also I beg

ha-'gicdara ganavarhio'ciktio"t go'gur pardon he who is Flower Man great

tiihungiD-am na'pu6idak konki'.hapi rock-piles on that he belongs. With

which thus is;

dios pocambi'ak'a God you will sympathize.

NOTE

This prayer is the native's substitute for the love potions of the European necromancer.

When a boy desires the love of a girl who has given him no encouragement he must first fast five days. Then if he does not know the prayer he must secure the services of one who does, paying him for the labor. He has first stealthily secured some article of apparel worn by the girl. A figure or "doll" is made from this and another from one of his gar- ments. The latter is decorated with the flowers of five narcotic plants, guizache, palo mulato, garambullo, rosa maria and toloache.

' Cannabis indica, "Indian hemp," "hashish " mari- guana.

' Nahua toloatzin, Datura stramonium.

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