Zuni Eagle Fetish

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In days long past, when all living beings belonged to one family, Póshaiank'ia, the revered patriarch of our sacred clans, dwelled with his offspring within the City of the Mists, the central hub of global Medicine societies. At the heart of each vast oceanic region stood an extremely ancient and sacred site, Téthläshinakwïn, a towering mountain peak. To the north lay Mountain Yellow, to the west Mountain Blue, to the south Mountain Red, to the east Mountain White, above Mountain All-color, and beneath Mountain Black. Addressing the Eagle, he declared: "White Cap, your unyielding spirit and resolute will command great respect. Consequently, I appoint you guardian and master of the upper realms, for you soar through the skies with unwavering endurance, and your coat resembles the varied hues of the clouds," that you safeguard against malevolent forces from that quarter, which threaten my children of humanity, that you receive their messages to me from that direction, that you assume the role of patriarch in the upper regions of all sacred medicine orders, that you become a creator of paths guiding the lives of men.