helical path

fire-whirl

whirlwind

whirlpool

subterranean helix

into the world of the

Salamanders

Sylphs

Undines

Gnomes

p.

SIM

{comparative}

494

[advent of "DAGWANOEnYENT Big Head (Whirlwind)"]

496

"the man started toward the North, as his dream had told him to do. He had not gone far when he came to a fallen tree, the roots turned out of the ground.

{is Meteor a manifestation of fire-whirl?}

Meteor flew off through the air and the man ... turned into a hawk and flew toward the southwest. ...

{some Maya gods are depicted with a curved fang jutting out of the rear of their mouths}

497

[The hawk carried off a woman whom he had transformed in gnat-guise.]

{cf. the carrying off by a male bird of goddess Idunn whom he had transformed.}

499

He looked into the earth and saw, deep down, a tree and on the tree was a monster Lizard. ... The Lizard was the largest of the ancient blue Lizards (DZAINOS GOWA). It came out of the ground in the heart of the tree that the man was sitting on. ...

500

It was a very dark night; he ran against a great maple tree. As he hit the tree he went straight through. This happened many times in the night. Whenever the man hit a tree he went through it. ... The Lizard was just upon him and was reaching out to seize him when the man fell, as it seemed to him, into a hole in the ground. ...

501

At last the man landed on his feet. He seemed to have come out of the hole. He looked around and saw a beautiful country."

{cf. "lizards in replicas of the Sleeping Eros type" ("E&L", p. 363)}

SIM, p. 503

KH-K

"One of their number said he was sick (he was lazy) and they had to make a litter of two poles and a blanket, and four carried him." (They became Ursa Major)

Ursa Major is a palaquin. {of Nahus.a?}