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Yolkai Estsan and Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé are Navajo goddesses, the latter of which gave birth to the Hero Twins Monster Slayer and Born-for-Water. [7] In the creation myth of the Navajo the hero twins Monster Slayer and Born for Water acquire lightning bolt arrows from their father, the Sun, in order to rid the world of monsters that prey upon ...
Gluskap and Malsumis - A cultural hero and its evil twin brother for the Wabanaki peoples. Hahgwehdiyu and Hahgwehdaetgah - Sons of either Iroquois sky goddess Atahensic [8] or her daughter Tekawerahkwa. [9] Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé and Yolkai Estsan - Navajo goddesses. [8] Monster Slayer and Born-for-Water - Navajo Hero Twins. [8]
A Navajo man wearing a ceremonial mask and dress of Naayééʼ Neizghání, taken by Edward S. Curtis (c. 1904) [1]Naayééʼ Neizghání (Navajo pronunciation: [nɑ̀ːjéːʔ nèɪ̀zɣɑ́nɪ́]) is a mythical hero from Navajo mythology who, along with his brother Tóbájízhchíní, rid the world of the Naayééʼ. [2]
According to the Navajos, she created the Navajo people by taking old skin from her body and using her mountain soil bundle (a bag made of four pieces of buckskin, brought by her father from the underworld) to create four couples, who are the ancestors of the four original Navajo clans. [3] She helped create the sky and the earth. [4]
Tóbájízhchíní (Navajo pronunciation: ... "Child of Water"/"Born For Water") is a mythical hero from Navajo mythology who helped his brother Nayéé‘ Neizghán ...
The Anaye (or Nayéé’, Navajo pronunciation: [nɑ̀jéːʔ]) were a race of monsters or evil gods from Navajo mythology, who were all killed by the hero Nayenezgani. [ 1 ] Creation
The Hero Twins appear in the Civilization VI Heroes & Legends game mode. [17] The hero twins are alluded to in Onyx Equinox, with the main characters K'in and Yun having names that literally mean "sun" and "moon" and having a love for ballgame sports. A relief of the mythological twins is seen in episode 3.
Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo pronunciation: [tɪ̀né pɑ̀xɑ̀nèʔ], Navajo: "Story of the People"), is a Navajo creation story that describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo as a part of the Navajo religious beliefs.