by a terrific rain storm accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning. Did
the Hopi show astonishment? On the contrary they were aglow with
satisfaction and exchanged felicitations on the dramatic assurance of
Supela's having "gotten through" in four days. The most wonderful eulogy
possible!

It is indicated, in the story of Supela, that the Hopi believe that only
the "pure in heart," so to speak, go straight to the abode of the
spirits, whereas some may have to take much longer because of atonements
or punishments for misdeeds. Their basis for this lies in a tradition
regarding the visit of a Hopi youth to the underworld and his return to
the earth with an account of having passed on the way many suffering
individuals engaged in painful pursuits and unable to go on until the
gods decreed they had suffered enough. He had also seen a great smoke
arising from a pit where the hopelessly wicked were totally burned up.
He was told to go back to his people and explain all these things and
tell them to make many pahos (prayer-sticks) and live straight and the
good spirits could be depended upon to help them with rain and
germination. Voth records[23] two variants of this legend.

[Footnote 23: Voth, H.R., Op. cit, pp. 109-119 (A journey to the
skeleton house).]


=Some Migration Myths=

The migration myths of the various clans are entirely too numerous and
too lengthy to be in their entirety included here. Every clan has its
own, and even today keeps the story green in the minds of its children
and celebrates its chief events, including arrival in Hopiland, with