In The Beginning : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next p. 9 IN THE BEGINNING In the beginning there was only the mists. There was no world then, only the white, yellow, blue, black, silver, and red mists floating in the air. The mists came together and laid on top of each other, like intercourse...
On The Journey Towards Shadow Mountain : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next ON THE JOURNEY TOWARDS SHADOW MOUNTAIN There were fourteen people now, the twelve made by White Bead Woman and the two children stolen from the east. At Red Lake the first man created, who was the head man, stuck his cane into the ground...
Bibliography : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous p. 129 BIBLIOGRAPHY Broeck, Ted 1854 Manners and Customs of the Moquie and Navajo Tribes of New Mexico. "Information Respecting the History and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States", Philadelphia. Fishler, Stanley A. 1951 "...
A White Bead Woman Story : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next A WHITE BEAD WOMAN STORY This story only tells about the Mirage Quartz Rock People, xadaxoni' ye' dine'. The Frog Man was a Mirage Quartz Rock man. He was made out of Mirage Quartz Rock. He belonged to the Mirage Quartz Rock Clan. The Sun had...
The Battle At Blue House : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next THE BATTLE AT BLUE HOUSE This story took place at Tough-Flint or Hard-Flint-Place where the Old Lady (Bat Woman) took her grandchildren. This story is about the Bat Woman who took the Twin down from Shiprock. This story is used in time of war...
White Bead Woman : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next WHITE BEAD WOMAN The Sun said to the two War Twins. "Go to your mother and get her to go to the west to the ocean. This is so I can see my wife. White Bead Woman, from now on." The Sun had asked her himself, but White Bead Woman had said, "I...
Acknowledgments : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next p. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Foremost among those whose help must be acknowledged is Frank Goldtooth. This is really his book--his and the Navaho's. His patience, understanding and friendship will be long remembered. To his sons, Teddy, Keith...
The Man With Four Names : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next THE MAN WITH FOUR NAMES1 Once there was a man with four names. His first name was Looking-for-Favors or nxodidh. His second name was One-Who-Goes-Back-to-Look-at-Fish or 'ad'n. His third name was Home-Made-of-Down (Feathers) or 'ac' os bebe...
Coyote God : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next COYOTE GOD At the time Coyote danced to make the corn grow, the story of the Great God Coyote commences. This is where Coyote first used his power given to him by the gods. At a Yeibache, y'ibiai, the people will dress up a poor man to look...
Title Page : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Next IN THE BEGINNING A NAVAHO CREATION MYTH Stanley A. Fishler No. 13 January 1953 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS Department of Anthropology University of Utah Next
Introduction : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next p. 1 INTRODUCTION This myth, IN THE BEGINNING, was recorded in February and March of 1950, near Tuba City, Arizona. The informant, Frank Goldtooth, was a man of from 50 to 60 years of age, who during his lifetime had been a silversmith...