Other Figures — Minor Figures

76 figures from Navaho Legends who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Hakáz Estsán

first appears Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 12

Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 12 · enemies with Nayénezgani “‘Grandmother,’ he said, ‘a cruel man I shall be. I am going to kill you, so that men may no more suffer and die by your hand,’ and he raised his knife-club to smite her.”

first appears Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 7

Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 7 · recipient: Nayénezgani “Hazaí cut out a piece of the bowel, filled it with blood, and tied the ends; he cut out also a piece of one of the lungs, and he gave these to Nayénezgani for his trophies.”

Gopher · first appears Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 6

Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 6 · recipient: Nayénezgani “‘Ah, if that is all you want, I can help you,’ said Gopher; ‘and if you slay him, all I ask is his hide. I often go up to him, and I will go now to show you.’”

first appears Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 12

Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 12 · enemies with Nayénezgani “‘Grandmother, grandfather,’ he said, ‘a cruel man I shall be. I have come to kill you.’”

first appears Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 12

Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 12 · enemies with Nayénezgani “‘Grandmother, grandfather,’ he said, ‘a cruel man I shall be. I have come to kill you.’”

first appears Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 11

Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 11 · enemies with Nayénezgani “When they met he said: ‘Grandmother, I have come on a cruel errand. I have come to slay you.’”

bear · first appears Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 9

Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 9 · enemies with Nayénezgani “In a little while the bear thrust forth his head to look, and Nayénezgani cut it off with his great stone knife.”

anáye · first appears Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 2

Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 2 · parent: [[the woman who bore Tsetahotsiltáli]] “and here a woman bore another strange creature. It had no head, but had a long pointed end where the head ought to be. This object was deposited in the cliff, in a hole which was afterwards sealed up with a stone. They left it there to die, but it grew up and became the destroyer Tsetahotsiltáli, of whom we shall tell hereafter.”
Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 8 · enemies with Nayénezgani “As he passed, the latter kicked at him, but he dodged the kick and asked: ‘Why did you kick at me?’”