The Kana-a Kachinas of Sunset Crater
At old Mishongnovi lived a young maiden who refused all suitors. A Kachina youth from the San Francisco Peaks courted her through magical means — traveling by rainbow — and brought her across the desert to Palotsmo (Sunset Crater), home of the Kana-a Kachinas. There she underwent tests in the kiva, surviving four nights in an icy room with the North Wind, and passed. She married the Kachina youth. But a wicked man impersonated the Kachina husband and deceived the maiden. The Kana-a Kachinas at Sunset Crater took pity on the people suffering from the consequences of this deception. They brought