WAZIYA, THE WEATHER SPIRIT

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The giant called Waziya knows when there is to be a change of weather.

He is a giant. When he travels, his footprints are large enough for

several Indians to stand in abreast. His strides are very far apart;

at one step he can go over a hill.

When it is cold, people say, "Waziya has returned." They used to pray

to him, but when they found he paid no attention to him, they ceased

to do it.

When warm weather is coming, Waziya wraps himself in a thick robe. But

when cold weather is coming, he wears nothing at all. Waziya, the

giant god of the north, and Itokaga, the god of the south, are ever

battling. Each in turn wins the victory.

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