--- title: The Quères Diana — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · full text with trees description: The Quères Diana, «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: THERE is a fragmentary Quères folk-story which bears internal evidence that its heroine was the mot --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The man who married the moon, and othe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/) / The Quères Diana # The Quères Diana The Quères Diana of «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis: the whole text, 28 sentences and 582 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. THERE is a fragmentary Quères folk-story which bears internal evidence that its heroine was the mother of the Hero Twins--that is, the Moon.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") The adventure described here is one of those which befell the Moon-Mother, as related in several myths; though it has been varied, evidently by some later story-teller, and the identity of the heroine does not appear at first sight.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") It is a story common to all the Quères, and is undoubtedly ancient; but as I heard it first in Isleta its scene is laid in Laguna, a pueblo only two hundred years old.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") Once upon a time the Tah-póh-pee\[98\] of Laguna had a daughter, who was the belle of the village.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") She was very fond of hunting, and killed as much game as any of the young men.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Several miles south of Laguna is a very large sandstone dome rising in the plain, and in the heart of this rock the Governor’s daughter had hollowed out a room in which she used to camp when on her hunting-expeditions.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") \[98\] Governor.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") One day there came a snow that covered the ground so that one could easily track rabbits, and taking her bow and arrows she started off to hunt.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") She had unusual luck, and by the time she reached the hunting-lodge she was loaded down with rabbits.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") The evening was very cold, and she was hungry; so, going into the rock-house, she built a fire on the hearth and began to roast a rabbit.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Just as it was cooking a strong west wind came up and carried the savory smell from her chimney far to the east, till it reached a dark cavern in the Sandia Mountains, fifty miles away.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") There lived an old giantess, the terror of all the world, and when she caught a whiff of that sweet meat she started up and rubbed her big red eye.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") “Um!” she cried, “that is good\![13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") I am going to see where it is, for I have had nothing to eat to-day.”[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") In two steps she was at the rock-house, and, stooping down, she called at the door: “Quáh-tzee?[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") \[How are you?\][16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") What are you cooking in there?”[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") “Rabbits,” said the girl, dreadfully scared at that great voice.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") “Then give me one,” shouted the old giantess.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") The girl threw one out at the door, and the giantess swallowed it at a gulp and demanded more.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") The girl kept throwing them out until all were gone.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") Then the giantess called for her \_manta\_ (dress), and her shawl and her buckskin leggings, and ate them all, and at last said:[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") “Little girl, now you come out, and let me eat you.”[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") The girl began to cry bitterly when she saw that great savage eye at the door, which was so small that the giantess could not get her huge hand in.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") She repeated her commands thrice, and when the girl still refused to come out, picked up a great boulder and began to hammer the rock-house to pieces.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") But just as she had broken off the roof and stooped to pick out the girl, two hunters chanced to pass and hear the noise.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") They crept up and shot the giantess through the neck with their strong arrows and killed her, and, bringing new clothes for the girl, took her home safely to Kó-iks (the native name for Laguna), where she lived for many years.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") XXVIII[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [The Sobbing Pine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/28/) - next →: [A Pueblo Bluebeard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/30/) - ↑ back to [The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/)