THE SECOND WORLD
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Because of the quarreling in the first world, the Beings climbed up to the Blue World. They found many other Beings already living there—Dolii (Blue Birds), Ginitsoh Dootl'izh (Blue Hawks), Joo'gii (Blue jays), Taltl'aii Ha'aleeh (Blue Herons), and many other blue-feathered Beings.
There also were larger Insects living in the Second World, like locusts and crickets.
Before leaving the Black World, First Man collected four pillars of light and rolled them into small balls which he carried into the Second World. With the help of Tobacco Horn Worm, who blew smoke at the four balls, they expanded and again became the four pillars of light.
The Second World contained a number of chambers, and First Man and his companions traveled through the various chambers. In one of them lived Ma'iitsoh (Wolves), Nashdoilbei (Wildcats), Nahashch'id (Badgers), Ma'iiltsoi (Kit Foxes) and Nashdoitsoh (Mountain Lions). The Wolves lived in a white house in the east. The Wildcats lived in a blue house in the south. The Kit Foxes lived in a yellow house in the west; and the Mountain Lions lived in a black house in the north. The houses were all of different shapes and the Beings living in them were at war with one another.
First Man killed some of the warring animals and then restored them to life because the animals gave him certain songs and prayers as a reward. After that, First Man took off his armor and rested.
Coyote went on his routine, exploring in each of the four directions. Everywhere he went he saw sorrow and suffering. The Beings pleaded to leave. First Man smoked and blew the smoke in the four directions. In this manner he removed the power of evil from the people of the First World which were the Insect Beings. Next, First Man and the others prepared to leave the Second World. First he laid a streak of Zigzag Lightning toward the east; next a streak of Straight Lightning; then Rainbow, and finally Sun Ray. None of these moved; so he shifted them to the south, to the west and finally to the north. Each time he changed them there was a little reaction, but not enough to allow the people to move into the next world.
First Man then made a k'eet'aan (wand) of jet, Turquoise, Abalone and White Shell. On the wand he placed four footprints so that the Beings could stand on them and be carried up into the next world. The Beings were required to make some bi yeel (sacrifice).
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