Mother was placed beside him, where

it was kept for twenty days, and dur-

ing this period he was kept in dark-

ness....Early on the morning of the

twentieth day, the mother , holding

the child in her arms and the Corn

Mother in her right hand, and

accompanied by her own mother-the

child's grandmother-left the house

and walked to the east. They

stopped, facing east, and prayed

silently, casting pinches of cornmeal

to the rising sun. When the sun

cleared the horizon the mother

stepped forward, held up the child to

the sun, and said, "Father Sun, this

is your child."

__A Hopi Ceremony