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Ihk'al winik) Deceased recipient of wealth from Cave Hwan Santi! J. Curers and witches Spirits and Places 13 The four sides of the square house are protected by palm crosses which were nailed to each of the four corner posts during the ceremony of the initiation of the house. These crosses prevent the entry of evil. aC'al) . An origin myth concerning the creation of man indicates that God created man out of soil and this mythical identification is reiterated in prayers when the fleshy part of the body is referred to as hlumeletik, our soil, and l{af:'aletil(, our mud.

I don't want any. I have some too. " There they were drin king inside the prison. At ten in the morning, they came to tie a blindfold on the brothers. They shot at them, but the bullet did not hit. They shot again, but it did not hit. " asked the priest. '' The other began to fire, but the bullets did not hit the brothers. Many soldiers came out and fired, but the bullets did not hit them. "Then," said the soldier, "you know what we shall do? " "Good, go look for the hide. When the hide comes we will prepare it," said the priest.

They would come out and tell the people waiting outside what the ancestors had said. Then one year [in 1957] during the fiesta of the cave, the curers went into the cave. " The curers said they would come out, but they didn't. The people waited and waited. A boy went inside with the curers. " They entered twenty feet inside the door. " The boy asked them where was the river, the lake, and the milpa that were sup­ posed to be inside. The curer replied, "It is all a lie. " But when he came out, the boy told the people it was all a deception.