Ni'ltsi

Also known as: Wind / the Wind · Role: the Wind · First appears: Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 11

In Origin Legend II: Early Events in the Fifth World · Part 11, Ni'ltsi warned Léyaneyani not to take the hand of the bear-woman, Tsiké Sas Nátlehi, when she coaxed him out of hiding. He had been given to Léyaneyani as a monitor to warn him of danger by day.

In Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 4, Ni'ltsi whispered to Nayénezgani and [[Tobadzistsíni]] about a hiding place during [[Tsóhanoai]]’s sweat-house trial, telling them to answer their father’s questions before hiding. As they entered, he gave each brother a blue spit to protect him during the smoking trial. Next morning, in Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 5, he formed a rainbow bridge so they could cross a stream safely, then guided Tobadzistsíni in identifying the sacred mountains and great rivers.

In Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 1, Ni'ltsi gave life to the man and woman formed from corn, entering at their heads and leaving through their fingertips and toes. In The Great Shell of Kintyél · Part 1, he warned Kinníki that the Pueblo people would not pull him back up if he threw down the eaglets; in The Great Shell of Kintyél · Part 3, he cautioned him against visiting the northern pueblo.