Tó`nenili

Also known as: Water Sprinkler · First appears: Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 10

In Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 10, Tónenili and [[Tsápani]] entered the house of the Sun after the lightning flash, saying they had flung the lightning because they were happy and wanted to play. He and [[Tsápani]] had once been friends of the anáye and did not want them to die; after [[Nayénezgani]] and [[Tobadzistsíni]] conquered the greatest of the anáye, they became friends of the brothers.

In Nati'nesthani · Part 4, Tónenili went beneath the water at Tóhodotliz and found that Nati'nesthani had disappeared from the log. He asked Tiéholtsodi to release him, calling him “my grandchild”—words of respect—but Tiéholtsodi refused. Hastsézini took Tónenili with him into the river to recover Nati'nesthani; after Hastsézini extinguished the fire, Tónenili opened his jars and scattered water, and the flames died out.

Relationship record

Life events

• Tsápani (the Bat) and Tó`nenili (Water Sprinkler) entered and said they had flung the lightning to express their happiness.(Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 10 · 📍 house of the Sun)
  • With: Nayénezgani To`badzistsíni Tsápani Tsápani
  • “Immediately after the last flash Tsápani, Bat, and Tó`nenili, Water Sprinkler, entered. ‘Do not be angry with us,’ said the intruders; ‘we flung the lightning only because we feel happy and want to play with you:’”
• Tónenili descended beneath the water and discovered that the Navaho was gone from the log.(Nati'nesthani · Part 4 · 📍 [[Tóhodotliz]])
  • “He went around the tree, and when he came to the butt he found that the plug had been withdrawn and that the Navaho was no longer there.”
• Tiéholtsodi refused Tó`nenili's demand to release the Navaho.(Nati'nesthani · Part 4)
  • With: Tiéholtsodi
  • “‘I seek my grandchild. Give him to me,’ said Tó`nenili. ‘Shut your mouth and begone,’ said Tiéholtsodi. ‘Such as you cannot come here giving orders. I fear you not, Water Sprinkler; you shall not have your grandchild.’”
• Hastsézini and Tó`nenili descended into the river to recover the Navaho.(Nati'nesthani · Part 4)
  • With: Hastsézini
  • “He hastened to the river, taking Tónenili with him, for Tónenili had the power to open the water, and these two descended into the river.”
• Hastsézini extinguished the fire, and Tó`nenili took the Navaho.(Nati'nesthani · Part 4)
  • With: Hastsézini Nati'nesthani Tiéholtsodi
  • “At a sign from Black God, Water Sprinkler took the stoppers out of his jars and scattered water all around him four times, crying his usual ‘Tuwuwu`wú’ as he did so, and the flames died out.”

Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 10

• friends with Nayénezgani “They were once friends of the anáye and did not wish them to die; but now they are friends of yours, since you have conquered the greatest of the anáye.”
• friends with To`badzistsíni “They were once friends of the anáye and did not wish them to die; but now they are friends of yours, since you have conquered the greatest of the anáye.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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