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Chapter 21
EvenmysteryhaveIimagedintheformofher,andinmystar-chartinghaveIplacedherfigureinthesky.
Allmytoilsanddevicesledtoher;allmyfarvisionssawherattheend.WhenImadethefire-drillandfire-socket,itwasforher.Itwasforher,althoughIdidnotknowit,thatIputthestakeinthepitforoldSabre-Tooth,tamedthehorse,slewthemammoth,andherdedmyreindeersouthinadvanceoftheice-sheet.ForherIharvestedthewildrice,tamedthebarley,thewheat,andthecorn.
Forher,andtheseedtocomeafterwhoseimageshebore,Ihavediedintree-topsandstoodlongsiegesincave-mouthsandonmud-walls.ForherIputthetwelvesignsinthesky.ItwassheIworshippedwhenIbowedbeforethetenstonesofjadeandadoredthemasthemoonsofgestation.
Alwayshaswomancrouchedclosetoearthlikeapartridgehenmotheringheryoung;alwayshasmywantonnessofrovingledmeoutontheshiningways;andalwayshavemystar-pathsreturnedmetoher,thefigureeverlasting,thewoman,theonewoman,forwhosearmsIhadsuchneedthatclaspedinthemIhaveforgottenthestars.
ForherIaccomplishedOdysseys,scaledmountains,crosseddeserts;forherIledthehuntandwasforwardinbattle;andforherandtoherIsangmysongsofthethingsIhaddone.Allecstasiesoflifeandrhapsodiesofdelighthavebeenminebecauseofher.
