Navaho Legends

Tsiké Nazi'li

Also known as: Young Woman Who Rattles · Family: Hummingbirds · Role: younger of the two young women · First appears: Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 6

Life events

  • The chief sent Tsiké Nazi'li back to the lodge to serve Coyote.(Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 6)
    • With: Coyote
    • “Go, one of you maidens, back to the lodge to serve him. Hearing these words, the younger of the two young women returned to the lodge. Her clothing was ornamented with many pendants of bone and hoof that rattled with every movement she made, and for this reason Coyote named her Tsiké Nazi'li, or Young Woman Who Rattles.”

Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 6

  • recipient: Coyote “In the morning she went to the lodge where her people were, and where a good breakfast was already prepared, and she brought a large dishful of the food for Coyote to eat.”

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