Navaho Legends

the reeds (Origin Legend III)

Role: anáye · First appears: Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 3

In Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 3, the walls of reeds were enemies of Nayénezgani and To`badzistsíni, rushing together to kill them. The boys repeated the sacred words, and the reeds let them pass safely toward their father’s house.

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  • The boys deceived the reeds, repeated the sacred words, and passed through safely.(Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 3)
    • With: Nayénezgani To`badzistsíni
    • “Then the reeds spoke to them, as the rocks had done; they answered and repeated the sacred words. ‘Pass on to the house of your father,’ said the reeds, and the boys passed on in safety.”

Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 3

  • enemies with Nayénezgani “the walls of reeds rushed together to kill them.”
  • enemies with To`badzistsíni “the walls of reeds rushed together to kill them.”

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