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Show 4 I. HAJIINEI covering the whole ear, formed with the First Man. With First Woman came a perfect ear of yellow corn, as well as whiteshell and turquoise. First Man asked First Woman to come and live with him, and she agreed. Insect beings, mostly the Ants (Wolachif), also lived in the First World, along with Spider Man (Na'ashje'ii Hastiih) and Spider Woman (Na'ashje'ii Asdz£). It is said that, in his anger against Behwochidii, Black Yei'ii set fire to the First World. But Behwochidii sent First Man to bring a Big Reed (Lokaa' tsoh) from the east. Behwochidii planted the Big Reed and all the creatures fled into it. After they entered the Big Reed, it grew higher and higher until it reached the Second World. The Second World was a Blue World (Ni'hodootTizh dazik£). Here the people met the various Blue Birds (Tsidii DootTizhi) and the Mountain Lions (Nashdoitsoh). Badger (Nahach'id) also lived there, it seems. First Man opened his medicine bundle (jish) and unfolded the four clouds that he had brought up from the First World. Again the columns of colored light arose at the edges of the world. Soon the people began to fight among themselves about whether or not they should move to mountains where it was raining. Black Yei'ii became angry with them and set fire to the newly-fallen water. Then the people asked First Man to find an escape from the Second World. First Man sent out Zigzag Lightning toward the east, Straight Lightning toward the west, and Rainbow and Sun-ray. However, the people could travel only a little way on these. Then First Man made a prayerstick (k'et'an) of whiteshell, turquoise, abalone, and jet. On this prayerstick he drew four footprints. When the people stood on these, they rose up within the reed planted in the south. First Man carried with him the inner forms of the earth, plants, and clouds from the Second World. The Holy People came into the Third World from the south. They found two rivers flowing through this Yellow World (NiTitso dasik^). A female river ran from east to west and a male river ran from north to south. The Place Where the Waters Crossed (To alnaazlj,T6 Bil Dahisk'id) is below Navaho Lake in northwest New Mexico. Again, in the Third World, First Man opened his medicine bundle and took out the jewels. He placed whiteshell in the east, turquoise in the south, abalone in the west, and jet in the north. He blew on them four times till they expanded and touched each other overhead. In this way he made a hogan that became the world. Then he took earth that he had |
