Leroy. The next day, Tayo tells Ku'oosh and the elders in a kiva at old Laguna everything that he has seen. Mythical Timeline Creation: Ts'its'tsi'nako (Thought Woman or Spider Woman) and her daughter/sisters Nau'ts'ity'i (Corn Woman) and I'cts'ity'i (Reed Woman) set life in motion Recovery/Transformation: The Keresan prayer for sunrise (Keres is a Native American language, spoken by the Keres Pueblo people in New Mexico) Departure: Corn Woman scolds Reed Woman for being lazy, and she departs; Drought begins Departure and Recovery: Pa'caya'nyi introduces Ck'o'yo medicine, and the People forget their obligation to Nau'ts'ity'i Symbols and themes Storytelling In Ceremony, there are no conventional chapters and a part of the novel is written in prose, whereas other parts are written in a poetic form. The novel weaves together a number of different timelines and stories throughout. Apart from the function of storytelling words are very important for the Laguna oral tradition. The responsibility of humans is to tell stories, because words do not exist alone, they need a story. (229). Betonie and Tayo's grandmother tell various stories and therefore fulfill this responsibility. The significance and the power of words are emphasized by Tayo cursing the rain with words and by the following appearance of the drought (230). Based on the Spiderwoman one can also see how powerful words and thoughts are. The Spiderwoman is a mystical creature who set the world and whatever she says or thinks appears (Preface). When she vocalizes her thoughts and by doing so names things, they become reality (230). Through storytelling myths are handed down and they teach the history of the Laguna people and how they live (71). They also connect the past with the present (71), because myths are old and when they are being told, they become a part of the present. Ceremony and healing The purpose of ceremonies is the transformation of someone from one condition to another (71) as in Tayo's case the transformation from diseased to healing. Ceremonies are ritual enactments of myths (71) which incorporate the art of storytelling and the myths and rituals of the Native Americans (70). They are important for Tayo's identity construction as one can see through his mental development after his experience with Betonie and the ceremony (144). In the novel “healing” means the recovery of the self and the return to the roots (45) and one important part of the process of