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When all was new, and the gods dwelt in the ancient places, long, long before the time of our ancients, many were the gods -- some destined for good and some for evil or for the doing of things beneath understanding. And those of evil intent, so painfully bad were they to become that not in the company and council of the precious beloved of the Kâkâ (the Order of the Sacred Drama) could they be retained.
Thus it happened, in the times of our ancients, long, long ago, that there dwelt all alone in the Canyon of the Pines, southeast of Zuni, Mítsina the Hermit. Of evil understanding he; therefore it had been said to him (by the gods): "Alone shalt thou dwell, being unwise and evil in thy ways, until thou hast, through much happening, even become worthy to dwell amongst us. " Thus it was that Mítsina lived alone in his house in the Canyon of the Pines.