Nati'nesthani's grandmother

Role: grandmother · First appears: Nati'nesthani · Part 1

In Nati'nesthani · Part 1, Nati'nesthani's brother brought her the necklace for safekeeping after Nati'nesthani had gambled away everything else, warning that he would kill him if he lost it too. At dawn in Nati'nesthani · Part 2, she heard the repeated call and, after Nati'nesthani asked whether it was the voice of a divine one, believed that the divine ones were approaching and wondered, “Why should the digíni come to visit us?”

Relationship record

Life events

• His brother gave the necklace to his grandmother for safekeeping and threatened to kill Nati'nesthani if he lost it.(Nati'nesthani · Part 1)
  • With: Nati'nesthani's brother
  • “When the gambler had parted with everything except the necklace, his brother took this to the lodge of his grandmother and gave it to her, saying: ‘My brother has gambled away everything save this. Should he lose this at game, it is the last thing he will ever lose, for then I shall kill him.’”
• Nati'nesthani's grandmother came to believe that the divine ones were approaching.(Nati'nesthani · Part 2)
  • With: Nati'nesthani
  • “The fourth time the call sounded loud and clear, as if cried by one standing at the door. ‘Hear,’ he said to his grandmother. ‘Is that not truly the voice of a divine one?’ At last she believed him, and said in wonder: ‘Why should the digíni come to visit us?’”
• Hastséyalti and Hastséhogan summoned Nati'nesthani, and his niece gave him her turkey to take along.(Nati'nesthani · Part 2)
  • With: Hastséyalti Hastséhogan Nati'nesthani Nati'nesthani's niece
  • “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.”

Nati'nesthani · Part 1

• younger kin: Nati'nesthani “His parents and brother lived in one lodge; his grandmother and niece lived in another, a little distance from the first.”

Nati'nesthani · Part 2

• younger kin: Nati'nesthani “At dawn he heard, faintly, the distant ‘Wuhuhu`hú’ of Hastséyalti. At once he woke his grandmother, saying: ‘I hear a voice. The digíni (holy ones, divine ones) are coming.’”

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