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Show 16 I. HAJIINEI Sun rushed to defend the boys. He hurled his Lightning Arrows against the Giant Yei'ii. The Giant's armor shattered and pieces of flint flew everywhere. The Giant staggered and fell to the ground with a crash. Blood began to pour freely from his body. "Quickly," the Sun said, "stop the blood from running together. If it does, the Giant will surely come alive again." So the boys drew a line in the sand to keep the streams of blood from running together. The Monster's dried blood became the lava beds (Yei'ii tsoh Bidil) south of Mount Taylor. After this the older brother, Monster Slayer, became sick. The spirit of the Giant Yei'ii had stayed in his scalp, which Monster Slayer still carried as a prize. So Born For Water was instructed to gather all the people. Then the first Enemy Way (Ndaa') was held to purify Elder Brother. When Elder Brother was restored to health, the Twins set out to slay the second Monster. Horned Monster (Deelgeed) roamed up and down the Jemez Mountains. The Twins could not get near him without being seen, so Gopher offered to help by digging a tunnel under the Monster's heart. He even chewed away the beast's heavy coat of hair. When Little Wind told Monster Slayer that this had been done, the older brother let fly his Zigzag Lightning Arrow. It sailed through the tunnel and entered the beast's heart. The Monster bellowed loudly and thrashed his horns. He gouged huge trenches in the ground before he finally collapsed. For their prizes, the Twins took the horns of the Monster and a part of the gut that they had filled with blood. Then they returned to tell Changing Woman what they had done. They had not been home long when Round Darkness came and told them of a giant bird, Rock Monster Eagle (Tse Ninahaleeh). This Monster terrorized people from her nest on the top of Shiprock (Tse Bit'a'i). Monster Slayer set out at dawn to kill the Giant Bird. His younger brother stayed behind to watch the firebrand. Before Monster Slayer had even come near to Ship-rock, he heard the sound of heavy wings and saw the sky darken. Then the Giant Eagle swooped down, picked him up, and carried him to the nest. There Monster Slayer cut the gut that was filled with Horned Monster's blood. That made it seem as if Elder Brother had been killed. When the Eagle returned, she was fooled by the blood, and he killed her. Then he turned her two little Eagles into Owls, let them go, and went home with the Eagle's feathers. |