the rocks (Origin Legend III)

Role: anáye · First appears: Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 3

In Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 3, the rocks tried to crush Nayénezgani and To`badzistsíni as they entered the chasm. The brothers repeated the words taught by Spider Woman, and the rocks let them pass safely to their father’s house.

Relationship record

Life events

• The boys deceived the rocks, repeated the Spider Woman’s words, and passed safely through the chasm.(Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 3)
  • With: Nayénezgani To`badzistsíni
  • “Then they repeated the words the Spider Woman had taught them, and the rocks said: ‘Pass on to the house of your father.’ When next they ventured to step into the chasm the rocks did not close, and they passed safely on.”

Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 3

• enemies with Nayénezgani “The rocks closed with a snap to crush them; but the boys remained safe on the outside.”
• enemies with To`badzistsíni “The rocks closed with a snap to crush them; but the boys remained safe on the outside.”

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