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136 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY NUMBER 23 "Well, fine, if you're brave," said the Spook. "We'll, I'm brave. I'm man enough if you're man enough," said [the Chamulan]. The fight began. Hell, he didn't delay. Right away the Spook was slugged. [The Spook] didn't last ha—If an hour. The Chamulan prayed the vespers, but the sonofabitching Spook probably never prayed the vespers. Well, it didn't take even half an hour for the Chamulan to give him a good stab. He finished pulling off his wings, the Spook's wings that were [attached to the back of] his knees. You see, the fucking Chamulan said, "What would happen if I stuck them on my legs?" He finished sticking them on his knees, one after another. He stood up. He tried to fly. He tried to fly. The second time he didn't rise up. The third time, ooh, he went on and on. The wings carried him. He went as far as the land of the Spooks. "Well, what are you looking for?" he was asked by the lady Spooks, by [the Spook's] brothers, fathers, and mothers. "But is it because you killed my son?" they asked. "No, not at all, I gave him eggs to eat, because I'm feeding him. He is waiting for me to return again," he said. "Are you telling the truth?" they asked. "Yes," he said. He went very far, for the wings carried him. He stuck them on his knees here, one after another. The wings were of yellow metal, this long. I have seen them. I have seen them. I saw one there to the east, there probably where the red door is [in a store in the main square of San Cristobal]. Mark brought it. That Chamulan stuck them on, stuck them on here. He tried to fly. At first he just crashed. The second time [he went] this far. The third time he flew. Ooh, before he realized it he had landed in the Spooks' country. He arrived exactly at the Spook's house. You see, the wings carried him along. "What are you looking for," they asked. "Where is my child? Have you killed him?" they asked. "I never killed him, for I am feeding him. He is waiting for me at home, too," he said. "Well, we'll go leave you," they said. I don't know what country it was where they went to leave him. He was given this much jerked meat. "Go, eat [some of] it on the way. When you arrive give [the rest] to my son. Take care of him! We want him to come [home]. I don't want you to kill him." "No, he has always been my friend, because we travel together," said the Chamulan, so that he would be freed. God, don't believe it, the [Spook's] flesh had already dried up. "Well, but the fucking Chamulan . . . "His money?" they asked. "Bweno, ja7 lek mi tzotzote," xi li j7ik'ale. "Bweno, vo7on tzotzon, vinikun kere mi vinikote kere," xi la. 7Och la pletu, kavron 7a li j7ik'ale muk' 7onox sjok'tzaj 7un, j-likel no 7ox 7it'axbat ta 7ora mi ja7uk medio 7ora muk' xkuch yu7u—n, 7a li jchamu7e che7e, sna7 7orisyon, 7a li piita j7ik'ale ja7 nan mu sna7 7orisyon. Bweno, jchamu7e che7e, mi ja7uk medio 7ora muk' xnel yu7un teee no 7ox 7istz'apbe smoton, laj la stotzanbe li xxik' 7une ta sjolov la yakan 7un li xxik' i j7ik'ale. Bweno, va7i 7un, 7a li jkobel jchamu7 7une, "Kere k'u nan xi, kere, 7a ti jnap'an ta koke, kere?" xi. Laj snap'annap'an ta sjoloval ti stotz 7une, ta la xvi—1, ta la xvi—1 xcha7-lok'elal muk' la xtoy, ta yox-lok'elal 7un, keee, solel la me bat ta j-mek 7un, ja7 la 7ik'van i xxik' 7une k'alal la slumal li j7ik'aletik 7ibat 7un. "Bweno, k'u chasa7?" x7utat la yu7un i me7 j7ik'aletike yu7un yermanotak yu7un stotak sme7tak 7un. "Pero ma7n me yu7un 7amil ti jch'amale?" xi. "Mo7oj 7un bi, yu7n te kak'be ton kaxlan slo7 yu7un te jmak'lin, te chismala xtok chisut xtok," xi. "Mi yech 7aval?" xi la. "Yech," xi la. Bat la ta j-mek 7un, komo ja7 7ik van i xxik' 7une Ii7 la snap'annap'an nap'an sjolov yakane, li xxik' k'anal tak'in xi snatikil xi toe, 7o kiloj, kiloj, kiloj jun Ie7 nan ta lok'em k'ak'ale la Ie7e te nan yo7 tzajal ti7 na Ie7e, ja7 yich'oj jun li Markuxe, 7isnap'an H7 7isnap'ane ta la xvi—1 ta primero batz'i yech la st'uslajet taj jchamu7, ta xchibal bwelta xi la snatil xi toe, ta yoxibal bwelta chvil, keee ya7i che7e, k'alal slumal j7ik'aletik k'ot la 7un, te la tuk' k'ot tzna li j7ik'al 7une. Bu, 7ik'van ech'el xxik' 7une. "K'u chasa7?" xi la. "Bu ti jch'amale, ma7n me 7amil?" xi la. "Muk' bu ta jmil yu7un te jmak'lin, teee chismala ta jna noxtok taje," xi. "Bweno, chba kak'ot che7e," xi. Mu jna7 bu xa lumal ti 7a yak'el 7une, xi la yepal taxux 7ak'bat tale. "Batan, ti7an ta be xk'ot ta 7avak'be ti jch'amale, chabanuk me, taluk me jk'antik 7un, mu me jk'an 7amil." "7I7i, kamiko 7onox yu7un ko7ol chixanav jchi7uk," xi la li jchamu7, yo7 7ikol 7o 7une. Dyos mi xana7 yu7un takij 7ox taj bek'et 7une. Pwes bweno, pero li jkobel jchamu7 7une - "7A ti stak'ine?" xi la.
"Oh, but you can't think I'm getting his money for him since he really has taken it with him," he said. In the place where the Chamulan had fought, there in his tracks, he had quickly buried it in the ground. He didn't take it, lest it be stolen. [The money] would tarnish on the way. If you come to change it here [in San Cristobal] right away, "Where did you find it? Where is your invoice?" [they would ask]. If you come to change it they don't want you to deposit it. Hold it in your tunic, look at it every few minutes. Come change it that way. But if you lose it from sight it will just [turn into] black potsherds. You see, there where [the Chamulan] had left the fucking Spook's several thousand [pesos] buried, they were left buried. The next time he looked, the Chamulan had arrived [in the land of the Spooks]. Who knows where the Spooks' land is. "But what are you doing?" Their child was already bones. Nothing happened to [the Chamulan]. He won. "Well, I'll keep our child's wings here," they said. "What filth of your mother's cock! How come you are going to keep your child's wings? How is your son to come [back] again? I'm taking them back to him," he said. He was allowed to come [home]. Now [the wings] didn't stick on. He just carried them. Who knows how many days it took him to arrive in Chamulan country. He went to look at the money. The money was just the same, since it was buried. Some Chamulans are right smart. The Spook was well-screwed. Xun's telling of this tale is difficult to follow, because after describing how the Chamulan arrived in the Spook's land, he gives further details about the wings and repeats the take-off scene. Then, after outlining how the Spooks escorted the Chamulan part of the way home, Xun backtracks to discuss the Spook's money and then continues again with the Chamulan's return home. The association of potsherds with money has been clarified by Victoria Bricker's description of a Carnival scene in Chamula, when the cavern, in which a sacred spring bubbles, is swept <strong>Lo</strong>ng ago the famine came. Ooh, the famine, hell, it was a punishment from Our Holy Father! It was raining then like it is now. The holy rain didn't want to let up at all. It went on and on. The next year it stopped in May. The first year the corn grew well. The corn produced well. All the people harvested lots of corn. The next year the punishment came. Those who had sold a lot of their corn nearly died. XUN VASKIS The Famine T118 137 "7Ey, pero yu7 van ta jsa7be stak'in 7un ti melel te nan yich'oje," xi la 7un. 7A li jchamu7e che7e, ti bu spas pletu che7e, bu ta sbee muk xi komel ta lum, mu7nuk 7iyich' naka la sta 7elk'anel to ta la x7ik'ub tabe. Mi xtal 7ajel tal Ii7 ta 7orae che7e, "Bu 7ataoj talel bu lafakturae che7e?" Xtal 7ajele pero mu la sk'an xatik' ta mas, chupo la, k'elo la, ta ju-likel ti mi ch'ay 7asate che7e, ja7 no la yech tal sjel yan nan ti mi ch'ay 7asate solel 7ik'al k'a7-p'in. Va7i 7un, ta bu smukoj komel 7une, jay-mil stak'in i jkobel j7ik'al 7une te smuk komel 7une, k'al 7iyile jna7tik 7onox bu slumal ti j7ik'aletik 7une, yul la tal li jchamu7 7une. "Pero k'u chapas?" Sbakel xa 7ox i xch'amale, mu xa k'u spas, spas kanal 7un. "Bweno Ii7 chkich' komel li xxik' i jch'amale," xi la 7un. "Ke yik'ubal yat 7ame7, k'u cha7al chavich' komel xxik' 7ach'amal k'u xi chtal noxtok takerem 7une, ta xkich'be sutel tal," xi la. 7Ak'bat la tal 7un, muk' xa la xnap'i tal 7un, solel xa la xkuch tal 7un, jna7tik jayib k'ak'al yul 7o H7 ta slumal i jchamu7 7une, ba sk'el i tak'in 7une, ja7 no 7ox yech mismo tak'in komo mukul 7un to, 7oy toj ben sonso li jchamu7e, 7a li j7ik'ale lek pasbil ta joder ta j-mek. clean of the pebbles and potsherds that litter its floor. Once it is clean, men and women come to pay a visit, tossing an entrance fee or "tribute" of three pebbles or three potsherds to assure their safety during their visit to the dangerous cave (Bricker, 1973b:114). Potsherds also represent coins in a Puerto Rican folktale (Mason and Espinosa, 1929:349-350). I did not discover the identity of the "Mark" who brought the Spook's wings to San Cristobal. See also T125 and notes. Vo7ne che7e tal vi7nal, jii, vi7nale karajo kastiko, yu7un jch'ul-tottik. 7Ora, yech vo7 chak Ii7e, mu sk'an xlok' i ch'ul-vo7 ta j-meke yu7un spas sekir ta j-mek, ta jun 7o jabile 7ipaj ta mayo xa, ta jun jabil to lek 7i7iximaj, lek 7iyak' 7ixim, lek 7islok'es skotol 7ixim ti krixchanoetike, ta jun 7o jabil tal kastiko 7un. Bweno, 7a li much'u lek 7ixchon i yixim 7une,
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