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Show 36 III. HAASHCH'EEH DINE'E BIZ The ceremony resumed. Calling God's two daughters applied the plumed wands to the boys. This completed the straightening of their limbs. Then the boys were dressed in beautiful clothes and given an embroidered blanket. On the sixth day, a sandpainting of the Place of Whirling Logs (Tsin Na'eelii) was made for the boys. On the seventh day, a painting was made of Calling God (Haashch'eeh hoghan). On the eighth day, a painting was made of the Fringe Mouth Yei'ii (Dzahodoolzhahii). Then the Twins joined the Fringe Mouths, the Male Yei'ii (Haashch'eeh bika'), and Talking God for special ceremonies outside the hogan. On the ninth and last full day, a sandpainting was made of Black Yei'ii (Haashch'eeh zhiin). Just before Dawn, after an all-night sing, the boys were taken to the east of the hogan. There Talking God, the Fringe Mouths, and the Gh^'ask'idii sang over them. The ceremony ended with the singing of the Dawn Songs. The council of Yei'ii then decided to send Elder Brother to the Sandstone Needles (Tse Desdza'ii) near Fort Defiance. There he would control the thunder, and the people could find him if they ever needed rain. They sent Younger Brother to a place near Navajo Springs. There he was given another name, Guardian of Animals (Dini'ya sidahi). Before living with the Holy People, however, the Twins were to return home and teach the ceremony to the People. Elder Brother's Adventures within the Earth From Shooting Way (Na'atoii), Male Branch (Bika'ji), and Navajo Wind Way (Dine Binilch 'i) On their way back to their home at Emergence Place, the Twins came to a house which seemed to have no one in it. Inside they saw mountain-lion-skin quivers hung on the east and west walls of the house. Otter-skin quivers hung on the north and south walls. With a sudden noise, an Arrow Woman appeared from each of the otter-skin quivers. An Arrow Man leaped from each of the mountain-lion-skin quivers. The Twins explained that they were seeking sacred knowledge. The chief of the Arrow People gave them knowledge of the powers of different arrows. He also showed them the sandpaintings of the Four Arrow People, the Whiteshell Arrow People, and the Feathered Arrow People. But Elder Brother stole some black and white feathers of a sacred grebe, a water bird, from this chief. These the youth wanted to use |