SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY,
Washington, D. C., June 27, 1955.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled "The Dîné: Origin Myths of the Navaho Indians," by Aileen O'Bryan, and to recommend that it be published as a bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Very respectfully yours,
M. W. STIRLING, Director.
Dr. LEONARD CARMICHAEL,
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.
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Preface |
VII |
The Creation or Age of Beginning. |
1 |
The First World |
1 |
The Second World |
4 |
The Third World |
4 |
The Fourth World |
10 |
The Fifth World |
11 |
The Order of Things, or the Age of Animal Heroes |
13 |
The First Hogan |
13 |
The Creation of the Sun and Moon |
14 |
The Twelve Months of the Year |
16 |
The Sun's Path |
21 |
The Sky and the Earth |
21 |
The Mountains Sacred to the Dîné |
23 |
Mountain Chants |
27 |
The Coming of Death and Life |
30 |
Old Age and Illness |
32 |
The Plan, or Order of Things |
32 |
The Age of the Gods, or the Story of the Twins |
35 |
The People of the Stone Houses |
35 |
The Stick Race |
36 |
Prayer Sticks |
36 |
Weaving |
37 |
The Monsters Appear |
39 |
When the Coyote Married the Maiden |
40 |
The Maiden who Became a Bear |
44 |
The Story of Noqoil pi, the Great Gambler |
48 |
The First Game, that of the Seven Sticks |
56 |
The Second Game, that of the Rolling Ring |
56 |
The Third Game, that of the Stick the Shape of the Rainbow |
57 |
The Fourth Game, that of Hitting the Ball |
58 |
The Fifth, the Guessing Game |
58 |
The Sixth Game, the Kicked Stick |
59 |
The Seventh, the Game of the Planted Sticks |
60 |
The Eighth Game, the Foot Race |
60 |
The Story of the Moccasin Game |
63 |
The Story of the Coming of the White Bead Woman |
71 |
The White Bead Maiden's Marriage with the Sun |
75 |
The Story of the Twin Brothers |
77 |
The Story of the Twins and the Giant Yeitso |
83 |
The Story of the Twins and Teel get, the Giant Elk |
84 |
The Story of the Elder Brother and Tse na'hale, the Giant Birds |
87 |
The Story of Tse'naga'hai, the Rolling Rock |
92 |
The Story of Tsadidahalt' a li, the Twelve Antelope |
93 |
The Age of the Gods, or the Story of the Twins-Continued |
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The Story of Tse'tahotsilta'li, He-Who-Kicks-People-Off-Cliffs |
94 |
The Story of Loka'adi kisi, the Slashing Reeds |
95 |
The Story of the Beautiful, Dangerous Young Woman |
96 |
The Story of the Last Great Grief, the Swallow People of Mesa Verde |
97 |
The Story of Tse'yeinti'li, the Rocks that Crush |
98 |
The Story of Nayie a'anyie, or the Evil Eyes |
98 |
The Story of the Four Last Ills |
99 |
The Wanderings or Age of the Patriarchs |
101 |
Introduction: Sandoval's prayer |
101 |
The Origin of the Dîné |
102 |
The First Clans of the Dîné |
103 |
The Making of the Headdress |
107 |
The Story of the Water Buffalo's Kingdom |
109 |
The Naming of the Brothers, and Their Departure |
109 |
The Departure of the First Four Holy Ones |
111 |
The Departure of the Holy Beings |
111 |
The Departure of the White Bead Woman |
112 |
The Story of the Clan Called Tqo yah ha'tline |
115 |
The Story of the Rain Ceremony and Its Hogan |
117 |
The Two Who Returned |
119 |
Two Clans Related to the Clan Tqo yah ha' tline |
119 |
The Story of the Pictograph of the Coil |
119 |
The Story of the Mountain Chant and the Fire Dance |
121 |
The Story of the Flint Knife Boys and the Great Warrior of Aztec |
126 |
The Journey of the Elder Brother |
127 |
The Story of the Younger Sister |
130 |
The Story of the Mountain Top Chant, or the Story of the Maiden and the Bear |
131 |
The Story of the Summer Dance |
138 |
The Story of San'hode'di'begaeye, the Beggar's Son |
143 |
The Story of the Two Maidens and the White Butterfly |
157 |
The Story of San'hode'di's Medicine |
164 |
The Story of the Dîné |
166 |
The Story of the Two Boys and the Coming of the Horses |
175 |
The Story of the Navaho and the Apache Peoples |
181 |
Literature cited |
185 |
Frontispiece. First Man and First Woman.
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1. The Calendar Stone. (The plan of the year.) |
16 |
2. The Coyote's five marks |
19 |
3. Sand Painting of the Earth. (The plan of the earth.) |
22 |
4. The stick used in the Third Game |
52 |
5. The sign the Great Gambler used in the Guessing Game |
52 |
6. The game of the Planted Sticks |
53 |
7. The sticks used in the game of the Rolling Ring |
57 |
8. The Foot Race game |
60 |
9. The chart of the Moccasin Game |
63 |
10. The Sacred Mountain Dzil na'odili, also called Chol'i'i |
71 |
11. The cloud circle on top of the mountain |
71 |
12. The cradle of the White Bead Baby |
71 |
13. The hogan |
85 |
14. The entrance to the Gopher's tunnel |
86 |
15. Hasjelti |
106 |
16. The scalp |
110 |
17. The ceremonial hogan |
118 |
18. The Great Coil |
121 |
19. Artifacts and designs on the Medicine Stick |
141 |
20. Position of maiden's legs |
158 |
21. The Guessing Game |
165 |
22. Where the people crossed the running water, the level land, and the mountains |
174 |
23. The Bear's mark |
174 |