Navaho Legends

Nasi'zi

Also known as: Gopher / the Gopher · Role: Gopher · First appears: Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 6

Life events

  • Nasi'zi offered to guide Nayénezgani to Téelget in exchange for the monster’s hide.(Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 6)
    • With: Nayénezgani
    • “Ah, if that is all you want, I can help you,” said Gopher; “and if you slay him, all I ask is his hide.”
  • Nasi'zi dug tunnels beneath Téelget and gnawed the hair near his heart.(Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 6)
    • With: Téelget
    • “I have dug a tunnel up to Téelget, and at the end I have bored four tunnels for you to hide in, one to the east, one to the south, one to the west, and one to the north. I have made a hole upwards from the tunnel to his heart, and I have gnawed the hair off near his heart.”

Origin Legend III: The War Gods · Part 6

  • recipient: Nayénezgani “‘Ah, if that is all you want, I can help you,’ said Gopher; ‘and if you slay him, all I ask is his hide. I often go up to him, and I will go now to show you.’”

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