In the
mythology
of the
Kwikankl
tribe
of the
great
plains
, the
world
is a
Frisbee
spinning
through the
universe
in a
game
between the
great
spirits
Wahumba
and
Baglama
. The
myth
has it that the
world
will
end
when
Wahumba
fluffs
a
catch
and the
planet
ends
up in the
yard
of the
demonic
spirit
Yog
Basama
. The
event
is
remembered
in the
ritual
song
Frisbimi
, which
goes
: <
PRE
>
wahumba
frisbimi
frisbimi
baglama
frisbimi
frisbimi
uhoho
uhoho
yog
basama
anula
wahu
keyut
PRE
> The
last
line
of the
song
is
translated
"
Now
the
watering
can
is
knocked
over and
everyone
'
s
in
trouble
." For a fuller
discussion
of
Kwikankl
watering
-
can
mythology
,
see
Hopper
,
The
Kwankiutl
Urine
Extraction
Myth
,
Harvard
University
Press
,
1990
.
Rev. W. Hopper
[undated]