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366 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY NUMBER 23 that godfather of his couldn't pass by again. That [Earth Lord] then, we—nt on. He went on and on, dashing after him on horseback until he got to where [the boy was]. After [the boy] tossed that [mirror] down, too, he tossed down some ribbons or whatever I've heard them say. It just tu—rned into a swamp. It turned into [that], too. It just turned into a swamp, too. [The Earth Lord] couldn't get by it either. He was distracted there, until [the boy] came out on the earth's surface. "Well, magic wand," he said again. He asked it if his godfather was left behind or if he was right behind. "He stayed behind," it said. He stayed behind. Lord, [the boy] went on. He arrived then in Zinacantan Center. That John, Head of Gold, as he's called, I think. John, Head of Gold, but because his head was of gold. He had wrapped [his head] in a neckerchief, but it was seen that it was gold now. As for him, since he had his devil .... He took it. He took it with him. He had taken it. He wouldn't give away that magic wand, since it was his companion now, you see. Since it talked to him, you see. He arrived there, it seems. He borrowed a house [for the night] as we say. He met a beautiful girl there. "Sonofabitch, wouldn't you like us to get married?" he said. "Eh, I don't know," she said. "Well, I don't have a wife, myself, so let's get married!" he said. Now it was that magic wand that spoke, that deceived her. It coaxed her, as we say— that devil. "Lord, all right, then," she said. She probably let him sleep with her, but he never married her, either. He went to another town, too. Wherever he travelled and travelled he just tried the women out, as we say. Then after that who knows where he went. He probably disappeared like that. That's what I've heard, indeed! Versions of this tale, clearly of Spanish origin, have been recorded from the southwestern United States to Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. The example from the Southwest is the closest. The devil tells his godson not to feed a skinny horse or to open the last door in his palace. The boy disobeys, covers his hands and hair with gold, and rides off on the nag, employing the usual tricks of a magic flight (Rael, 1957, T232). A variant from Jalisco has a "golden child" escape from the devil by means of a magic flight (Wheeler, 1943, T84). In Yucatan a giant entrusts xjelav xa 7o noxtok taj taj xch'ul-tot 7une, taje che7e yu7n ba—t xbat la ta j-mek yu7n tzjimbe ech'el xchi7uk ta ka7 7asta ke yu7n ja7 to ti buy k'ot 7o ta lok'el a7a. Bweno, 7i laj sjip komel taj noxtok 7une, 7isjip la komel 7a li xela k'u li xiik 7ika7i 7un, ja7 ti 7ipa—s la naka la xa7ab ta j-mek 7ipas noxtok 7un, naka la xa7ab 7ipas noxtok 7un, mu xa xjelav noxtok, te ch'aybat 7o komel yo7on 7un, 7asta ke 7ilok' la ta sba balamil 7un. "Bweno, barita de birtiu7," xut la noxtok 7un, sjak'be la 7un, mi kom ti xch'ul-tote 7o mi tey tijil. "7Ikom xa 7o," xi la 7un. 7Ikom xa 7o, kere, bat la 7un, k'ot la ta Jtek-lum xa taj 7une, 7a taj Jwan Kavesa de 7Oro sbi chka7i 7une, Jwan Kavesa de 7Oro pero yu7n 7oro sjol xa 7une, spech'oj ta pok' pero pero 7ilbil ti 7oro xa 7une. Va7 7un, 7i taj 7une, komo 7o xa spukujil 7une, yich' yich' ech'el, yich'oj xa taj 7une mu xa xak' taj, taj barita de birtiu7 7une, bu ti yu7n ja7 xa ja7 xa xchi7il chava7i 7un ja7 xa chk'opoj xa chava7i xchi7uk 7un. Bweno, 7o la tey k'ot ya7el 7un, tey xch'amun na xkaltik 7un, 7o la te leklek sba jun tzeb 7ista 7un. "Juta, mi mu xak'an xkik' jbatik?" xut la 7un. "Je, mu jna7," xi la 7un. "Bweno pwes, ch'abal kajnil li vo7one pwes yu7n kik' jbatik!" xi la 7un. Ja7 xa tzk'opon taj ja7 xa te chlo71obon sjol taj barita de birtiu7 7une, ja7 xa tey, te xa ja7 xa tzujvan xkaltik taj pukuj xa 7une. "Kere, 7ana stak' che7e," xi la 7un. 7Iyak' xchi7in sbaik nan ta vayel nan 7un pero muk' 7onox xik' noxtok 7un, bat ta yan 7o jtek-lum taj noxtoke, ja7 ti buy xa chanav ech'el ta j-mek 7une, naka nox 7ispas proval xkaltik i 7antz taj 7une. 7Ora, 7ilaj taj 7une, na7tik bu bat 7un, te nan ch'ay 7o yech chak taj 7une, ja7 yech ka7yoj bi 7a! the palace keys to a boy who does not heed his warning, opens the doors, and is covered with gold. He, too, must escape by a magic flight (M. Redfield, 1937:40-42). In San Pedro la Laguna it is the king's servant who disobeys the command, puts his head in a font of gold, and his hands in a font of silver. A beautiful girl falls in love with the servant, but the king has him thrown in jail (Rosales, 1945:876). The presence of three godsons and of a magic wand are peculiar to Zinacantan. So also is the hero's rakish exist.
There is a Fallen Flesh, a devil, as we say, indeed! He was a person in fact, but he would hang himself up on the cross. He would hang himself up on the cross. His flesh would come down there. That skeleton of his would take a trip, as we say. His skeleton would take a trip. His flesh would be left behind there in a heap by the cross. When he came back again . . . "Go down, meat! Go down, meat!" he said when he let his flesh down. Then when he came back, his flesh climbed up again. He was seen there. It was seen probably two or three times that he kept on doing it over and over. They went to rub salt on him. They rubbed lots of salt on him. That fucking Fallen Flesh came back. "Come up, meat! Come up, meat!" he said. But there was nothing you could do to have it stick on. It would fall down. He carried that flesh of his in his arms. He went to rinse it off in the river. But even that didn't do any good. It didn't do any good. [His flesh] wouldn't climb up. That's how that man was finished. Wherever it was that he fell dead, as we say, the Fallen Flesh. See T73 and notes. The rabbit went to the bathroom in the awful cultivated papayas. He went to the bathroom. He left droppings on the insides [of the papayas]. Well, the owner arrived to look. He kept arriving to look. He never found [the rabbit]. The thing is, he molded some beeswax. He stood it up where that rabbit's trail was. He came to catch that awful rabbit. "What are you doing standing here, you bastard? You're blocking me. You're blocking the way!" said [Rabbit]. It didn't answer. That beeswax didn't a—nswer. Quickly he slapped it. His forefoot got stuck. He couldn't get it off. "Then I'll give you the other one, too, you bastard! Why don't you let me go?" he said. He gave it the other one. The second one was caught, too. "Sonofabitch, but let me go properly. If you don't let me go, I'll kick you, if you don't want to let me go!" he said. He kicked it. The other [leg] got stuck, too. "I'll give REY KOMIS 367 Fallen Flesh T176 How Rabbit Tricked Coyote T166 7Oy la yaleb bek'et pukuj xkaltik bi, krixchano a7a pero ti yu7n sjok'an sba ta krus. Va7i 7un, te la sjok'an sba ta kruse te la chyal li sbek'tal 7une, ja7 la chbat ta paxyal taj sbakel xkaltik 7une sbakel chbat ta paxyal 7un, te losol chkom li sbek'tal ta ta krus 7une. Bweno, va7i, k'alal k'alal xul tal noxtok 7une, 7a li "vaja karne, vaja karne!" xi la li k'alal tzyales sbek'tal 7une. 7Ora li k'alal xul tale chmuy li sbek'tale. "Suve karne, suve karne!" xi la ti k'alal xmuy li sbek'tal noxtok 7une. Va7i 7un, 7o la te 7ilat 7un komo 7ilbil xa nan chib 7oxib bwelta ti yu7n spasoj segir ta j-mek 7une, ba la sbonbel 7atz'am lek la sbonbeik i yatz'mel ta j-mek 7une. Va7i 7un, tal la taj jkobel yaleb bek'et 7une. "Suve karne, suve karne!" xi. Pero mu la k'u xacha71e stzak xa sba 7un ta la xp'aj yalel 7un, 7isjop la ech'el taj sbek'tale ba la ssap ta 7uk'um pero mi ja7uk la sbalm mu la sbalin, mu xmuy te nel 7o yech 7ibat taj vinike ja7 ti bu pak'al laj xkaltike yaleb bek'et 7une. 7A li t'ule yu7n yu7n 7a li yu7n tztza7ta 7a li mu mu tz'unbal papaya, ta stza7ta ta sta stza7tabe yut. Bweno, 7a li 7a li chk'ot la sk'el, chk'ot la sk'el batel li yajvale, mu la bu tzta. K'usi 7un, 7ispat la jun chab 7un, te la sva7anbe yo7 sbe taj t'ul 7une, 7a 7ital la ta tzakel taj 7a taj mu t'ul 7une. "K'u chasa7 H7 ta va71eje, kavron, chamakon chamak chamak be?" xi la 7un. Mu la xtak'av 7un, mu la xtak'a—v taj chab 7une, likel la st'ax ta majel, te la tzakal 7ikom li sk'obe, mu xa xlok'. "Ta xa me xakak'be li 7otro jun noxtoke, kavron, k'un mu xakoltaon?" xi la 7un. Yak'be la 7otro jun, tzake xchibal noxtok. "Jijo la chinga pero chakoltaon ta lekil k'op, mi muk' chakoltaone chajlik ta tek'el ti mi mu xak'an xakoltaone," xi la 7un. Slik la ta tek'el 7un, te la tzakal 7ikom 7o 7otro jun noxtok. "Ta xa me xakak'be 7otro jun noxtoke!" xi
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