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236 Goddess of Salt
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land · Charles M. SkinnerO besedilu
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- Myths and Legends of Our Own Land
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- Charles M. Skinner
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O izvirniku
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land
Obsežna zgodovinska zbirka ameriških legend, ki jih je Skinner zbral in avtorsko rekonstruiral. Bralni jezik je Slovenščina, izvirnik pa prihaja iz vira Myths and Legends of Our Own Land v jeziku English.
Besedilo
Boginja soli
Med Zunijem in Pescadom se dviga strma mesa oziroma mizasta planota, ob katere pobočjih je preperevanje izoblikovalo nenavadne skale, podobne stolpom in streham, v njeni bližini pa stoji visok naravni kamnit spomenik. Zuniji pripovedujejo: Boginjo soli so ljudje, ki so živeli blizu njenega kraljestva na morski obali in odnašali njene snežno bele zaklade, ne da bi ji v zameno darovali kako žrtev, tako nadlegovali, da je zapustila ocean in odšla živet v daljne gore. Kadar se je ustavila ob kakem tolmunu, da bi si odpočila, je njegovo vodo spremenila v slano, in tako dolgo je tavala po velikih kotlinah Zahoda, da je voda v mnogih od njih grenka. Sol iz večjega jezera blizu Zunija pa v zakladnico Zunijev prinaša obilne dajatve drugih plemen, ki jo tam pridobivajo.
Tu je srečala boga turkiza, ki se je vanjo zaljubil na prvi pogled in ji tako goreče dvoril, da je privolila ter se poročila z njim. Nekaj časa sta živela srečno, ko pa so ljudje izvedeli, da se je boginja skrila med gorami Nove Mehike, so ji sledili v tisto deželo in jo spet nadlegovali, dokler ni oznanila, da bo za vselej izginila izpred njihovih oči. Vstopila je v to meso in si pri tem utrla pot skozi visoko steno iz peščenjaka. Obokani vhod, skozi katerega je šla, je še danes jasno viden. Ko je stopala skozenj, se ji je odlomilo eno od peres in padlo v dolino, kjer se je postavilo pokonci na svoj tulec ter postalo spomenik, ki ga je tam mogoče videti. Bog turkiza je sledil svoji ženi in njegove stopinje je mogoče zaslediti v izdankih bledo modrega kamna.
Izvirnik
236 Goddess of Salt
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Between Zuni and Pescado is a steep mesa, or table-land, with fantastic rocks weathered into tower and roof-like prominences on its sides, while near it is a high natural monument of stone. Say the Zunis: The goddess of salt was so troubled by the people who lived near her domain on the sea-shore, and who took away her snowy treasures without offering any sacrifice in return, that she forsook the ocean and went to live in the mountains far away. Whenever she stopped beside a pool to rest she made it salt, and she wandered so long about the great basins of the West that much of the water in them is bitter, and the yield of salt from the larger lake near Zuni brings into the Zuni treasury large tolls from other tribes that draw from it.
Here she met the turquoise god, who fell in love with her at sight, and wooed so warmly that she accepted and married him. For a time they lived happily, but when the people learned that the goddess had concealed herself among the mountains of New Mexico they followed her to that land and troubled her again until she declared that she would leave their view forever. She entered this mesa, breaking her way through a high wall of sandstone as she did so. The arched portal through which she passed is plainly visible. As she went through, one of her plumes was broken off, and falling into the valley it tipped upon its stem and became the monument that is seen there. The god of turquoise followed his wife, and his footsteps may be traced in outcrops of pale-blue stone.
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