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Show INTO THE GLITTERING WORLD 9 the earth with a great stone knife. Then he sent Turquoise Boy and Girl to this place now known as Mount Taylor in New Mexico. In the west, First Man planted the Yellow Mountain (Dook-'o'oosliid). He threw over it a cover of Evening Light, Dark Cloud, Male Rain, and Dark Water. Then he staked it to the ground with a Sunbeam. When this was done, he sent Abalone Shell Boy and Girl to this place. This mountain, now called Mount Humphreys, is in the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona. In the north, First Man placed the Dark Mountain (Dibe Ntsaa). He planted it with a Rainbow and covered it with Darkness, Dark Mist, Female Rain, and Blue Water. He sent Darkness Boy and Girl there, to what is known now as Hesperus Peak in the La Plata Mountains of Colorado. Then First Man took out of his medicine bundle all of the Stars and the inner forms of the Sun and Moon. The song says this: The first man holds it in his hands He holds the sun in his hands In the center of the sky, he holds it in his hands As he holds it in his hands, it starts upward. The first woman holds it in her hands She holds the moon in her hands In the center of the sky, she holds it in her hands As she holds it in her hands, it starts upward. The first man holds it in his hands He holds the sun in his hands In the center of the sky, he holds it in his hands As he holds it in his hands, it starts downward. The first woman holds it in her hands She holds the moon in her hands In the center of the sky, she holds it in her hands As she holds it in her hands, it starts downward.2 Black Yei'ii first placed the North Star (Sotsoh). Around this star, all the others would move. Then, very carefully, First Man laid out the star patterns in the sky. But soon Coyote grew impatient with putting Stars up one at a time and naming each one. Suddenly he snatched up the corner of the blanket and flipped it. |