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American Emergence MythsAir-Spirit PeopleAnasazibow priestscultural relativismethnographyHopi peoplemasks in ritualsNavajo peoplePandoraparatactic storytellingpetroglyphspowakasPueblo Indiansshape-changerssipapuniSpider GrandmotherSwallow PeopleTawa trickstersWater SpiderZuni people
Oral Myths and Enthography
Native American Oral Narrativehttp://college.hmco.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/colonial/native_nar.html
Navajo Termshozho = Overarching principle of harmony and order.K'e (prefix in spoken Navajo = universal harmony)
Diné:1) diyin kine'i = supernaturals, holy people; Creators of humans
2) nihokaa dine'e = earth surface people, naturals.Ana'i = non-Navajo. Various kinds of non-Navajo.
3. Diné bahané = Navajo creation story Navajo Creation Myth:Nílch'i dine'é = Air-Spirit PeopleSwallow People / Yellow Grasshopper PeopleKiis'áanii = People Who Live in Upright Houses (Pueblo communities?)Haashich'ééh dine'é = Holy PeopleTalking GodÁltsé hastiin = First Man / Áltsé asdz´q´q = First WomanBilagáana = White Man
FOUR WORLDS OF THE NAVAJO
First/Black World
Second/Blue World
Third/Yellow World
Fourth/ Black and White World
THE FOUR DIRECTIONS OF THE NAVAJO
East: This is the direction of the dawn and it is our thinking direction. We should first think before we do anything. When the sun comes up, we look to the...
South: This is our planning direction where we plan what we are going to do. The sun sets in the...
West: This is our life, and is where we do our living. Here is where we act out our plan and our thoughts of the east and south directions of our lives. The sun goes down in the. North:
North: This is the evaluation portion of our lives. This is where we get our satisfaction and we evaluate the outcome of what we first started in the east. Here is where we determine to change things to make it better, or to see we are on the right path and should continue the cycle.
Navajo Sacred Mountains
The Navajos belief is that their Creator placed them on the land between the following 4 mountains representing the 4 cardinal directions:
Mount Blanca (Tsisnaasjini' - Dawn or White Shell Mountain)Sacred Mountain of the East (near Alamosa in San Luis Valley, Colorado)
Mount Taylor (Tsoodzil - Blue Bead or Turquoise Mountain)Sacred Mountain of the South (north of Laguna, New Mexico)
San Francisco Peaks (Doko'oosliid - Abalone Shell Mountain)Sacred Mountain of the West (near Flagstaff, Arizona)
Mount Hesperus Dibé Nitsaa (Big Mountain Sheep) - Obsidian MountainSacred Mountain of the North (La Plata Mountains, Colorado)
Four worldsoriginal humans are insectsVertical movementsearch for sipapuni
Differences Air-spirit people fly rather than climb Air-spirit people are expelled for their sins
Need for Hozho
Navajo Creation Story by Joe Ben Jr
Kiis'áanii = People Who Live in Upright Houses
Creation of Humans
diyin kine'i = supernaturals, holy people
These supernaturals create humans from two ears of cornMale (white corn)Woman (yellow corn)(metamorphosis)
Note birth of TWINSAetiology of masks
Two supernatural holy peopleflank the sacred maize plant on this 19th Navajo ceremonial blanket.
American Emergence MythsAir-Spirit PeopleAnasazibow priestscultural relativismethnographyHopi peoplemasks in ritualsNavajo peopleparatactic storytellingPueblo IndianssipapuniSpider GrandmothertrickstersWater SpiderZuni people