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Show 46 III. HAASHCH'EEH DINE'E BIE stood on one side; Calling God, on the other. Pollen was sprinkled over Elder Brother. Through the power of Talking God and Calling God, he was restored. fc- ______'s G O The Place of the Whirling Logs (TsinNa'eetii, To Aheedli) is told of in the Feather Way. It is also spoken of in the Cub Branch of the Mountain Way, from which this sandpainting comes. In the painting, four Yet 'ii stand on rainbow rafts near the Lake Where the Waters Cross. Each guards the plants to his left: the White Yei'ii of the East watches over corn, the Blue Yei'ii of the South takes care of beans, the Yellow Yei'ii of the West cares for squash, and the Black Yei'ii of the North guards tobacco. Bluebirds protect the opening at the east, and the Rainbow Guardian surrounds the Yei'ii. Photograph from Washington Matthews, The Mountain Chant: A Navajo Ceremony, Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1887), pi. xvii. |