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Show INTO THE GLITTERING WORLD 17 The Twins killed many other Monsters. One was Those That Kill With Their Eyes (Binaa' yee aghaanii), who killed people by staring right through them. Another was Tracking Bear (Shash Na'alkaahi), who lived at the Carrizo Mountains (Dzil Nahoozilii) but hunted people living along the Lukachukai Mountains down to Hosta Butte (Ak'i Dah Nast'ani). The Twins also slew Kicking Monster (Tse dah hodziitam), who lived on Wild Horse Mesa near Mesa Verde. At last all the Monsters except the Grey Yei'ii had been killed. It seems that about this time there lived a beautiful girl called Tingling Maiden. Many unworthy men made her offers of marriage, but she refused them all. One day she proposed a hunt, saying that the man who caught the most rabbits might marry her. Badger caught the most, but Coyote tricked him and took the larger share to the young girl. Still she would not marry him. She decided to test him by asking him to kill Gray Yei'ii. Although Coyote was not as strong as Grey Yei'ii, he tricked the Monster into breaking his own leg. Then Coyote was able to kill the Monster. Tingling Maiden was so impressed that she agreed to marry him. When her twelve brothers returned home, they found that the hogan reeked of Coyote. They hated him for corrupting their sister with his filthy ways, so they plotted against him. One day they took him out hunting, but he scared away much of the game. Finally they decided to get rid of him by sending him back home with some of the meat. On the way home, however, Coyote came upon the Spider and Swallow People and began to insult them. Soon he became so angry that he lost track of what he was doing and got himself caught in a huge web that the Spider People had made. When the brothers returned home without Coyote, Tingling Maiden thought they had killed her husband. After they told her what they had done, she set out to find Coyote. As she approached the Spider and Swallow People, her anger grew and grew. She went into a rampage and destroyed the web, the people, and their homes. When the brothers heard about this, they grew afraid and hid their youngest brother in a hole to protect him. By the time when their sister returned home, her anger had changed her into a fierce bear. As Changing Bear Woman, she attacked her brothers. She slashed them with her claws, bit them with her long teeth, and knocked them dead with a sweep of her powerful arms. But Little |