There amid [the mountains],
Now the Holy Young Man,
At the foot of the black mountain,
Lays down his child.
There amid [the mountains],
Now the Holy Young Woman,
At the foot of the blue mountain,
Lays down her child.
222. The characters of Tsilkè-¢igìni and Tcikè-¢igìni are in the myth.
The black mountain, pertains to the male, the blue to the female.
Although not told with the rest of the myth, it was subsequently related
to the writer that Tsilkè-¢igìni said to the prophet, "Whoever learns
our songs will thenceforth be our child." The above song, it is said,
has some reference to this promise; but a fuller explanation, no doubt,
remains to be discovered.