The Maiden of the Yellow Rocks
A Zuni story about the beautiful daughter of the high priest of the Village of the Yellow Rocks. Despite her beauty, her pride and coldness drove away suitors. The twin war gods Áhaiyúta and Mátsailéma, living with their grandmother on Thunder Mountain, decided to court her. They appeared as ugly pygmies — boys who never grew to manhood. Meanwhile, the Field-mice, who were prolific and needed wool for their families, gambled with the gods. The mice lost everything, including the wool for their nests, and their babies died of cold. The war gods, despite their terrible nature, took the orphaned