<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[Pg 131]</SPAN></span></p>
<h2>WAZIYA, THE WEATHER SPIRIT</h2>
<p class="subtitle">Teton</p>
<p><span class="dropcap">T</span>he giant called Waziya knows when there is
to be a change of weather. He is a giant.
When he travels, his footprints are large
enough for several Indians to stand in abreast. His
strides are very far apart; at one step he can go over a
hill.</p>
<p>When it is cold, people say, “Waziya has returned.”
They used to pray to him, but when they found he paid
no attention to him, they ceased to do it.</p>
<p>When warm weather is coming, Waziya wraps himself
in a thick robe. But when cold weather is coming,
he wears nothing at all. Waziya, the giant god of the
north, and Itokaga, the god of the south, are ever battling.
Each in turn wins the victory.</p>
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