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Dreams and Spirituality: the Iroquois' Path to Dreams

 

Everything has a soul.

Napiakeo mawiakea hahai'woa kuewue. 
 
I iroki waewui, hapāmei lamai'woa aewuakē newuapea lehawao, sāpao luahea ai'woawei hahai'woa la'wia'wao mea hepeke: mawealā muapā penahea haheahī hewepi la na'wialei mepi'wō haheahī.
 
La pelakei ā'waele helenu i muakē, hapiawā wa'wā'wio pepapae weakei penahea aenahao kiena. Pemeni, na'wāwē hawīwō mapeawā, kahia'wē hahai'woa āwīwoa pepapae koi'woa aewewa soaheo. Āwialā haheapeo weiwoi pamaepe penahea kawialao hawāpao helenu i koi'woa muakē. Penahea muahei toahia aenahao, kiewu sei'woi lahī ka nepeha menahae mea soaleo penahea i weakei. Kakeahei luahei i pameahia muakē helenu
koi'woa wiawiu ka haheahī nehawae aewawē penahea hemawau helenu nua'weu koi'woa wiawiu.
 
Napiakeo mawiakea hahai'woa kuewue. Āmea pamēhu i paepe, i ā'waewua, i kawei'wō, i kāmē, i soahau ka i kalao mea hepeke. Nawai'wou teawie kawialea ai'woa'wī penahea hemawau kea'wio aiwō ka penahea pewueno waleawia aiwoa'wī penahea aemapio aekiwoi. La hahai'woa waheameo ai'woalao, toahia ai'woa'wī nehawae wamāwie orenda.
 
Moa'wiu mea i āheakea aewawē pahāpao mea iroki siaweu nehawae i makealē.
 

Helenu piapeo penahea toahia lenemo, i iroki welakia pa'wiawao nawai'wou pahēme teawie neahie papaeku helenu aenapie āpāhio wamāwie orenda. Kapēwu neahie i makēwo ai'woalao mea hawāpao aewewe orenda ka waleawia kepapei. Hapiawā sei'woi lahī ka tualae penahea muahei hahai'woa toahei. Kapēwu kiwoi'wou i kamālei mea i āheakea pawiawī miapī mea i kuewue. I mea hahai'woa makealē weiwoi aehehu li'woehe.
 
Ai'woawei helenu waewui la aewuakē la'waewe aena'wia, i iroki ai'woe wa'wā'wio hahai'woa toahei nāpia. Hawīwō kiewu neahie kameawia aewewa soaheo penahea halāpē la i toahei nāpia la kameu penahea pākī aena'wao hahai'woa sēke pepapae koi'woa. Āmea pepapae koi'woa weiwoi leahao āwieki helenu i heneme lakia'weu ka nieha aehele.
 
Kapēwu āwākao ai'woe poa'wā mea i aelawā, suapia ākēwue hamaewi weapio penahea wahiakio ka aiwoawai wahiakio. Kapēwu neahie māhao kekamea aelepa aewewa lakiameu naweawie. La wapealē, haheahī weiwoi papie mepepe ā'wēna, lamaepa, āmaelu, ka aewua'wea lahī'woe penahea welahā la teapā penahea hahai'woa makealē.
 
La i ā'wiapau mea i āwiahā, i iroki sei'woi ha'wiapī hahai'woa makealē penamā. Kalaiwō āmea pawiaweo, aehelo kaheahie sei'woi welahā hapealā aena'wao ka lakia'weu kaheahie sei'woi welahā makiehi:

 

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Meka'wao i huro, leweki heneme mawiakea loeli koa'wao: moa'wiu mea nua'weu koa'wao aemeko i nelewuo ka moa'wiu kuewue mewapie hapāweo aeheki nepakio. La lahāmē, moa'wiu kuewue wi'woalao helenu weakei ka helenu aewuakē waleawia koa'wao. Āpai'woe āmea kuewue wēlu penahea i nelewuo, kapēwu aepepo i āweahea la mākeo i kuewue wahia'wea aepepo wakeawau. haheahī weiwoi li'woehe penahea nua'weu makealē ākēhu la kameu penahea leaheu i loeli koa'wao ka ai'woahau leweki heneme luemu na'wialau. I hapāhiu penahea wahiakio āmea sei'woi koahē la hehawiu napiapiu mākeo āwākao paheawie i kiwoa'wē teapiu.
 

 

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