Hastséhogan

Role: god · First appears: Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 3

In Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 3, Hastséhogan is named as the father of the son of Hastséhogan. The gods danced, sang and performed rites all night to give his son powers as a gambler equal to Nohoílpi’s; in the morning, they washed and dressed him to resemble the gambler.

In Nati'nesthani · Part 2, Hastséhogan and Hastséyalti summoned Nati'nesthani. At Hastséyalti’s sign, Nati'nesthani asked his niece for her pet turkey, and she agreed to let him take it. The gods turned the rainbow toward a new direction and carried Nati'nesthani away: Hastséyalti got on first, Nati'nesthani followed, and Hastséhogan rode behind him.

Relationship record

Life events

• The gods performed rites to give Hastséhogan’s son powers equal to Nohoílpi’s.(Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 3)
  • With: the son of Hastséhogan
  • “All night the gods danced and sang and performed their mystic rites for the purpose of giving to the son of Hastséhogan powers, as a gambler, equal to those of Nohoílpi.”
• The gods washed and dressed Hastséhogan’s son to resemble Nohoílpi.(Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 3)
  • With: the son of Hastséhogan
  • “When the morning came they washed the young neophyte all over, dried him with meal, dressed him in clothes exactly like those the gambler wore, and in every way made him look as much like the gambler as possible”
• Hastséyalti and Hastséhogan summoned Nati'nesthani, and his niece gave him her turkey to take along.(Nati'nesthani · Part 2)
  • With: Hastséyalti Nati'nesthani Nati'nesthani's niece Nati'nesthani's grandmother
  • “The niece had a pet turkey that roosted on a tree near the lodge, Hastséyalti made signs to the Navaho to take the turkey along. The Navaho said: ‘My niece, the gods bid me take your turkey, and I would gladly do it, for I am going among strange people, where I shall be lonely. I love the bird; he would be company to me and remind me of my home. Yet I shall not take him against your will.’ ‘Then you may have my turkey pet,’ replied the niece.”
• The gods turned the rainbow toward a new direction and carried Nati'nesthani away with them.(Nati'nesthani · Part 2)
  • With: Hastséyalti Nati'nesthani
  • “The gods turned the rainbow around sunwise, so that its head, which formerly pointed to the door of the lodge, now pointed in a new direction. Hastséyalti got on the bow first. He made the Navaho get on behind him. Hastséhogan got on behind the man.”

Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 3

• child: the son of Hastséhogan “There were Hastséyalti, Hastséhogan and his son, Ni'ltsi (Wind), Tsalyél (Darkness), Tsápani (Bat), Listsó (Great Snake), Tsilkáli (a little bird), Nasi'zi (Gopher), and many others.”

Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 4

• child: the son of Hastséhogan “the son of Hastséhogan descended into the canyon and followed her to the spring.”

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