Stories of the Cahto Tribe
A Prayer for Eels
(This is a line-by-line translation (within the limits of English readability)

"Lampreys swim from the north; let me eat them well.

Let me eat fish with good luck.

May the boys eat it.

May the girls eat it well.

Deer, may I swallow you with good luck.

You are my food, my sweet thing.

Do not let it die.

Let it be good," he said, they say.

Professor Goddard's Translation

(Based on Cahto oral traditions and beliefs)

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