the boy made of corn (Origin Legend IV)

First appears: Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 1

In Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 1, the white ear of corn became the boy made of corn, and the yellow ear became the girl made of corn. Ni'ltsi gave them life, Tse`gádinatini Asiké furnished them with mind, and the Grasshopper Girl gave them voices. Yolkaí Estsán led the newly created pair into her hogán.

In Part 2, Yolkaí Estsán married him to Hadáhonestid Atét, the Ground-heat Girl, while the girl made of corn married the Mirage Boy. The corn-made boy and girl were siblings, so they could not marry one another. “After a time” each couple had a boy and a girl; when the children were large enough to run around, the boy’s family moved from Hadzinaí, where they had lived four years, to Tse`lakaíia.

Relationship record

Life events

• The gods transformed the corn ears into a man and a woman, and Ni'ltsi gave them life and the Grasshopper Girl gave them voices.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 1)
  • With: Hastséyalti Tse`gádinatini Asiké the Grasshopper Girl Ni'ltsi the girl made of corn (Origin Legend IV)
  • “When he looked the fourth time, he saw that the white ear of corn was changed to a man, and the yellow ear to a woman. It was Ni'ltsi who gave them the breath of life. He entered at the heads and came out at the ends of the fingers and toes, and to this day we see his trail in the tip of every human finger. The Rock Crystal Boy furnished them with mind, and the Grasshopper Girl gave them voices.”
• Yolkaí Estsán led the newly created man and woman into her hogán.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 1)
  • With: Yolkaí Estsán the girl made of corn (Origin Legend IV)
  • “Yolkaí Estsán led them into her hogán, and the assembled gods dispersed.”
• When Hastséyalti came again early on the fourth morning after his departure, bringing the Mirage Boy and the Ground-heat Girl, Yolkaí Estsán married the boy made of corn to the Ground-heat Girl.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 2)
  • With: Hadáhonestid Atét Yolkaí Estsán
  • “So she married the boy made of corn to the Ground-heat Girl”
• The couple had two children, a boy and a girl.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 2)
  • With: Hadáhonestid Atét
  • “After a time each couple had two children,--a boy and a girl.”
• The family moved away from Hadzinaí to Tse`lakaíia.(Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 2 · 📍 Hadzinaí)
  • With: Hadáhonige Asiké Hadáhonestid Atét the girl made of corn (Origin Legend IV)
  • “When these were large enough to run around, this family all moved away from Hadzinaí, where they had lived four years, to Tse`lakaíia (White Standing Rock).”

Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 1

• benefactor: Yolkaí Estsán (She provides shelter to the newly created pair.) “Yolkaí Estsán led them into her hogán, and the assembled gods dispersed.”
• benefactor: Ni'ltsi “It was Ni'ltsi who gave them the breath of life.”
• benefactor: Tse`gádinatini Asiké “The Rock Crystal Boy furnished them with mind, and the Grasshopper Girl gave them voices.”
• benefactor: the Grasshopper Girl “The Rock Crystal Boy furnished them with mind, and the Grasshopper Girl gave them voices.”

Origin Legend IV: Growth of the Navaho Nation · Part 2

• siblings with the girl made of corn (Origin Legend IV) “This boy and girl of corn cannot marry one another, for they are brother and sister; neither can you marry one another, for you are also brother and sister, yet I must do something for you all.”
• married with Hadáhonestid Atét “So she married the boy made of corn to the Ground-heat Girl, and the Mirage Boy to the girl made of corn.”

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