Tsi'di Sási

Role: birds in the pine-tree · First appears: Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 6

In Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 6, Tsi'di Sási pulled out Coyote’s eyes and tossed them into a tree, where they caught on a branch. When Coyote begged for the fifth time, the birds held a council, then pulled out his eyes and optic nerves and flung them into the tree. In Part 7, Coyote was described as having lost his eyes while playing with the Tsi'di Sási.

Relationship record

Life events

• Tsi'di Sási pulled out Coyote's eyes and tossed them into the tree, where they became stuck on a branch.(Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 6)
  • With: Coyote
  • “But when he begged them to pull out his eyes for the fifth time, they went to a distance and held a council among themselves. When they returned they pulled his eyes out once more; but this time they took pains to pull out the strings of the eyes (optic nerves) at the same time; these they tied together, and, when the eyes were again flung up in the tree, they caught on one of the branches and there they stayed.”

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

• enemies with Coyote “But when he had pleaded for the fourth time, they flew down to where Coyote sat, and, taking sharp sticks, they gouged his eyes out.”

Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 7

• rivals with Coyote “He has been playing with the Tsi'di Sási and has lost his eyes.”

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