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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
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