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people clo not go Io Ilie Heaven Valley al all, kut are Orange d into rocks and kuskes. d'ks Xortksastern Naidu kavs sligktlz^ diKerent ksksks. ^Vken a person dies, ik ire is sorrv lor Iris friends and kainilv, and kond ok tkern, Ke sta^s ("klows akout") kor a kirne, crving constantly. Ns does not look at people, kor tins would Ke katal to tkern. Lven skarnans rna^ Ke killed ik a gkost looks directly at tkern. ^.ktsr lingering tkus as long as Ke pleases, tks gkost leaves, Kksre is, kowsvsr, no necessity ok rernaining, and tke gkost is at likert^ to set out kor tks otker v^orld at once akter deatk. ^ust kekors a rnan diss, tks spirits ok Kis katker and rnotker, or sorne ancestors, corns to kirn 1 and wken tks gkost is rsad^ to leave tkis world kor tks next, tkese gkosts ok Kis ancestors serve as Kis guides. Lkildren cr^ all tke tirne tke^ are on tke wa^ tkitker, and are rnst part wa^ k^ several ok tkeir ancestors and relatives, Kks gkosts, in going to tks otker world, §0 okk toward tks east, kor it is tkere tkat KoNornvLponi, tks Lrsator, lives. Lekors tks^ can get tkere, tke^ kave to pass tkrougk a sort ok gate or entrance. f^.t tkis is a spirit wko guards it. Ik tke person is not really dead, kut merely in a stupor krorn wkick Ke ougkt to recover, Kis tirne to die not kaving corns as ^st, tkis spirit tken turns tke gkost dack, and rekuses to let kirn tkrougk tke door. Ik, kowever, tke rnan is really dead, and Kis tirne Kas corns, tks spirit waskes tke gkost's kace, and allows kirn to pass in. Kksre is an idea tkat akter a long tirne, tke world will, Hs it is expressed, "turn over," and all tks dead will corns to like again. Kkis it is tkougkt will kappsn onl^ wken tke last Indian diss, ^ke otker world to wkick tks dead go is, as in tks rest ok tks Naidu kelieks, a paradise ok kood and pleasure. ^.s already rnentionsd, tks kouss in wkick a person lived was usually kurned at Kis deatk, partly to serve as an oKsring, and partly to prevent tke lingering ok tks gkost. Ok otker rneans to keep tke gkost awa^, tks onlzr one noted was tks sprinkling ok salt in a ring around tke kouss, k^ tke people ok tke Lacrarnento Valley. Oo^LLknoKls Ok' I'NL —Kks general conceptions as to tks skaps ok tke world and its ckaractsr are pretty unikorrn.