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PREFACE9
GENERAL INTRODUCTION15
  Navajo Myths15
  Ceremonies19
  Sandpaintings25
  Sandpainting Ritual30
NAVAJO CREATION MYTH—STORY OF THE EMERGENCE39
  First World39
  Second World41
  Third World43
  Fourth World51
  Ceremony of Sweat-house where Creation of this World Began56
  Beginning of the World Song61
  First Death and First Movement of Creation68
  Saving of Created Beings72
  Creation of Estsan-ah-tlehay73
  Maiden Ceremony for Estsan-ah-tlehay76
  Mating of the Sun and Estsan-ah-tlehay77
  Birth of Nayenezgani and Tobachischin78
  Beginning of Their Journey to the Sun79
  Test of the Twins by the Sun81
  Killing of the Giant85
  Killing of Dah-il-kadeh87
  Killing of the Great Bird89
  Destruction of Kicking Rock92
  Destruction of Rolling Rock93
  Destruction of “Staring Eyes That Kill”94
  Destruction of Great Centipedes95
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NAVAJO CREATION MYTH (Continued)
  Destruction of Crushing Rocks95
  Destruction of Cutting Reeds and of Other Monsters96
  Plans for Flood and Re-Creation100
  Creation of Man and Animals102
  First Song of the Hogahn104
  Return of Created Beings from Cave106
  Separation of People into Clans107
  Journey of Estsan-ah-tlehay to the West108
  Making of the House of Estsan-ah-tlehay on the Island112
  Salt Woman’s House113
  Creation of More People by Estsan-ah-tlehay114
  Journey of Clans from the Island Back to Navajo Country116
  Journey of the Two Children to Estsan-ah-tlehay122
NAVAJO CEREMONIAL SONGS, Based on the Creation Myth129
HOZHONJI—BLESSING CHANT165
SANDPAINTINGS FROM THE HOZHONJI—BLESSING CHANT175
NOTES ON APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS WHERE NAVAJO CEREMONIES ARE NOW GIVEN207
GLOSSARY OF NAVAJO CREATION MYTH210

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