the girl made of corn (Origin Legend IV)

First appears: Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 1

In Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 1, the gods changed a white ear of corn into a man and a yellow ear into a woman. Ni'ltsi gave the pair life, Tse`gádinatini Asiké furnished them with minds, and the Grasshopper Girl gave them voices. Yolkaí Estsán led the newly made man and woman into her hogán.

In Part 2, Yolkaí Estsán married the girl made of corn to Hadáhonige Asiké, the Mirage Boy, since she and the boy made of corn were siblings. After a time, the couple had a boy and a girl. When the children were old enough to run around, the family moved from Hadzinaí to Tselakaíia. After [[Yolkaí Estsán]] had received a second visit from [[Hastséyalti]], she told the little girl she was going to Tsegíhi, then disappeared from her sight.

Relationship record

Life events

• The gods transformed the corn ears into a man and a woman, and Ni'ltsi gave them life and the Grasshopper Girl gave them voices.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 1)
  • With: Hastséyalti Tse`gádinatini Asiké the Grasshopper Girl Ni'ltsi the boy made of corn (Origin Legend IV)
  • “When he looked the fourth time, he saw that the white ear of corn was changed to a man, and the yellow ear to a woman. It was Ni'ltsi who gave them the breath of life. He entered at the heads and came out at the ends of the fingers and toes, and to this day we see his trail in the tip of every human finger. The Rock Crystal Boy furnished them with mind, and the Grasshopper Girl gave them voices.”
• Yolkaí Estsán led the newly created man and woman into her hogán.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 1)
  • With: Yolkaí Estsán the boy made of corn (Origin Legend IV)
  • “Yolkaí Estsán led them into her hogán, and the assembled gods dispersed.”
• On the same morning Yolkaí Estsán married the Mirage Boy to the girl made of corn.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 2)
  • With: Hadáhonige Asiké Yolkaí Estsán
  • “and the Mirage Boy to the girl made of corn.”
• The couple had two children, a boy and a girl.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 2)
  • With: Hadáhonige Asiké
  • “After a time each couple had two children,--a boy and a girl.”
• The family moved away from Hadzinaí to Tse`lakaíia.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 2 · 📍 Hadzinaí)
  • With: the boy made of corn (Origin Legend IV) Hadáhonige Asiké Hadáhonestid Atét
  • “When these were large enough to run around, this family all moved away from Hadzinaí, where they had lived four years, to Tse`lakaíia (White Standing Rock).”
• Yolkaí Estsán told the little girl she was leaving to go to Tse`gíhi.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 2)
  • With: Yolkaí Estsán
  • “In the morning after the second visit of Hastséyalti she said to this little girl: “I am going to leave you. The gods of Tse`gíhi have sent for me;”
• Yolkaí Estsán disappeared from the little girl's sight.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 2)
  • With: Yolkaí Estsán
  • “When she had spoken she disappeared from the sight of the little girl”

Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 1

• benefactor: Yolkaí Estsán (She provides shelter to the newly created pair.) “Yolkaí Estsán led them into her hogán, and the assembled gods dispersed.”
• benefactor: Ni'ltsi “It was Ni'ltsi who gave them the breath of life.”
• benefactor: Tse`gádinatini Asiké “The Rock Crystal Boy furnished them with mind, and the Grasshopper Girl gave them voices.”
• benefactor: the Grasshopper Girl “The Rock Crystal Boy furnished them with mind, and the Grasshopper Girl gave them voices.”

Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 2

• siblings with the boy made of corn (Origin Legend IV) “This boy and girl of corn cannot marry one another, for they are brother and sister; neither can you marry one another, for you are also brother and sister, yet I must do something for you all.”
• married with Hadáhonige Asiké “So she married the boy made of corn to the Ground-heat Girl, and the Mirage Boy to the girl made of corn.”

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Extracted from the original text of Navaho Legends. Made with Rho MD.