they were accompanied by āh-ai-ū-ta and Mā-ā-sē-we. These little
gods occupy important positions in Zuñi myth and legend. After long
journeying, it was decided that the Priest Doctor (Kā wi-mō sa)
should send his son and his daughter in advance to discover some
favorable spot upon which to build a village. The youth and the maiden
finally ascended a peak from, which to have an extended view of the
country. "Rest here, my sister, for you are tired," said the youth,
"and I will go alone." From fatigue, the girl soon sank into a
slumber, and when the youth returned, he was impressed with the
surpassing loveliness of his sister. They remained for a time on
this mountain, and at their union they were transformed--the youth
into a hideous looking creature, the Kō-yē-mē-shi (Plate XX); the
maiden into a being with snow white hair, the Kō-mō-kĕt-si. The
[t]Kō-thlā-ma (hermaphrodite) is the offspring of this unnatural
union. The youth said to his sister, "We are no longer like our
people; we will therefore make this mountain our home. But it is not
well for us to be alone; wait here and I will go and prepare a place
for our others." Descending the mountain, he swept his foot through
the sands in the plains below, and immediately a river flowed and
a lake appeared, and in the depths of this lake a group of houses,
and in the center of this group a religious assembly house, or kiva,
provided with many windows, through which those not privileged to
enter the kiva might view the dance within. After he performed this
magic deed, he again joined his sister on the mountain, from which
they could see their people approaching. The mountain has since that
time borne the name of Kō-kōk-shi--kōk-shi meaning good.

The first of the āh-shi-wi, or Zuñi, to cross this river were
the Än-shi-i-que, or Bear gens; Tō-wā-que, Corn gens; and
[t]Ko-ōh-lōk-tā-que, Sand Hill Crane gens. When in the middle