![]() ![]() ![]() And just then, at exactly the spot where the sky and the earth had met, Ma'ii the Coyote sprung out of the ground. The sky touched the earth and the earth touched the sky. And they saw the earth likewise looming up as if to meet the sky. One day soon thereafter, while the elders were having a ceremony for a boy and a girl who had both come of age, the people saw the sky swooping down. 65,66įrom Navajo Creation Myth The Story of the Emergence: By Hasteen Klah, Recorded by Mary Wheelwright. October is the mixed-up or changing month and is so known to all the Indians. The Coyote claimed one month which was October, and Begochiddy made a prayer stick of Lukatso (bamboo), half yellow and half white, representing summer and winter, and gave it to him in answer to his claim. October was called Gahnji, meaning Half-Winter-and -Half-Summer, and its star is Sontso-dohn-doh-zeedi, meaning North-Star-Stands-There. ![]() The Dine': Origin Myths of the Navajo Indians, 1956 Aileen O' Bryan. He thought that the had a great name given him, and he went happily away, for he was told that he would know all the happenings on the face of the earth. But the coyote got angry and said: " Such a name!" And he declared that he would not have it and that he would leave but First Man called him back and told him that he would also be known as Atse'hashke', First Angry. When this being came, First Man said that he should be named ma'i, the coyote. 3ħ- Informants Note: Some medicine men claim that witchcraft came with First Man and First Woman, others insist that devil conception or witchcraft originated with the Coyote called First Angry. He said to the three: "You beleive that you were the first persons. Navajo Chantway Myths, 1957 Katherine Spencer.Īnother came and also had the form of a man, but he wore a hairy coat, lined with white fur, that fell to his knees and was belted in at the waist. Games and contests lead to hard feelings and anger, and trickery is freely employed in them. 80Ĭoyote is powerful since he is directed by his "meanness" by First Man and Woman. In his character the hostile elements in aggression become blended with the positive, as we have similarly seen in the analysis of chantway hero's character. ![]() This aspect of his character is expressed in the first portion of the shooting way story when he takes a helpful and directing hand in events. It should be noted that in the total body of Navajo Mythology Coyote appears not only as a trickster but also as a beneficent figure, particularly at the time of emergence when he takes initiative in establishing the natural phenomena of the world. Coyote's perversity is noted "It will avail nothing to be angry with Coyote, wrathy words and loud commands will not influence him." Pg. ![]()
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