A Prayer Of The Fourth Day Of The Night Chant : p. 54 A PRAYER OF THE FOURTH DAY OF THE NIGHT CHANT. (See The Night Chant, p. 97, par. 426.) I. 1. Tse`ghi. 2. House made of the dawn. 3. House made of evening light. 4. House made of the dark cloud. 5. House made of male rain. 6. House made of dark mist. 7. House made of female rain. 8. House made...
Alphabet : p. 22 ALPHABET. The characters used in this work, in spelling Navaho words, are given below, with the value assigned to each character. VOWELS. a has the sound of English a in father. has the sound of English a in hat. has the sound of English a in what. a has the sound of English e in they...
Protection Song : p. 61 PROTECTION SONG. (To be sung on going into battle.) I. Now, Slayer of the Alien Gods, among men am I. Now among the alien gods with weapons of magic am I. Rubbed with the summits of the mountains, Now among the alien gods with weapons of magic am I. Now upon the beautiful trail of old age...
Title Page : NAVAHO MYTHS, PRAYERS, AND SONGS WITH TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS 1 BY WASHINGTON MATTHEWS. EDITED BY PLINY EARLE GODDARD. [1906] Scanned, proofed and formatted , June 2002, by J.B. Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.
A Prayer Of The Second Day Of The Night Chant : p. 47 A PRAYER OF THE SECOND DAY OF THE NIGHT CHANT. (See The Night Chant, p. 81, par. 355.) I. 1. From the base of the east. 2. From the base of the Pelado Peak. 3. From the house made of mirage, 4. From the story made of mirage, 5. From the doorway of rainbow, 6. The path out of which is...
Editor's Note : p. 24 EDITOR'S NOTE. In the latter part of the year 1902 the late Dr. Washington Matthews entered into an arrangement with the Department of Anthropology of the University of California, through its head, Professor F. W. Putnam, in accordance with which he was to devote the remainder of his life...
A Tale Of Kinina'ekai : p. 25 A TALE OF KININAKAI: 1 ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN PRAYERS AND SONGS OF THE NIGHT CHANT. INTRODUCTION. In my work entitled "The Night Chant, A Navaho Ceremony," 2 I give translations of four myths (or, more properly, of three myths and a variant) that belong to the ceremony described...
The Story Of Bekotsidi : p. 58 THE STORY OF BEKOT"S"IDI. Bkot"s"di and Sun Bearer (T"s"n"ihanoai) made all the animals while they were sitting together in the same room,-- Bkot"s"di in the north, T"s"n"ihanoai in the south. While the former was making a horse, the latter was making an antelope, and this is why the antelope...