{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/nav/nmps/nmps04.htm","path":"nam/nav/nmps/nmps04.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/nav/nmps/nmps04.htm","text":"In my work entitled \"The Night Chant, A Navaho Ceremony,\" 2 I give translations of four myths (or, more properly, of three myths and a variant) that belong to the ceremony described. These may be called the great or fundamental myths of the ceremony; but, in addition, there is a great number of minor myths, accounting for the origin of certain minor rites, and of different groups of songs of sequence and other matters. We may never reasonably hope for the collection and translation of all these myths.\nThe following tale accounts for the origin of one of these groups of songs, namely the Ts\u00e9nitsihogan Big\u00ef'n or songs of the Red Rock House, and perhaps for the origin of some of the ritual observances.\nIn \"The Night Chant\" I say, when describing the rites of the second day: \"When the party returns to the medicine lodge, the patient sits in the west, for he has still further treatment to undergo. * * * The chanter applies pollen to the essential parts of the patient, puts some in his or her mouth, takes a pinch of it on his own tongue, and applies a little of it to the top of his own head. These applications of pollen are all timed to coincide with certain words of the accompanying song.\" Song F that follows is what may be called a pollen song, for it is sung when pollen is applied. I explain, in notes, where and when different applications of pollen are made as the singing progresses. I cannot say if there are other pollen songs; but probably there are.\nIn the ancient days, there were four songs which you had to sing if you would enter the White House. 3 The first was sung when you were ascending the cliff; the second, when you entered the first doorway; the third, when you walked around inside the house; and the fourth, when you were prepared to leave. You climbed up from the ground to the house on a rainbow. All this was in the old days. You cannot climb that way now. In those days, Hayolk\u00e1l Ask\u00ed, Dawn Boy, went there on a rainbow.\nIn the ancient days, there lived in this house a chief of the house. There were four rooms and four doors, and there were sentinels at each door. At the first door there were two big lightnings, one on each side; at the second door there were two bears; at the third door there were two red-headed snakes, which could charm you from afar, before you got near them; and at the fourth door there were two rattlesnakes.\nOf course few people ever visited the place, for if the visitor were not a holy one some of these sentinels would surely kill him. They were vigilant. The chief of the house and his subordinates had these songs, by the power of which they could enter and quiet the sentinels, who always showed signs of anger when any one approached them.\nDawn Boy got leave from Hasts\u00e9yalti 4 to go to White House. Hasts\u00e9yalti instructed him how to get there, taught him the prayers and songs he must know, and told him what sacrifices he must make. These must include fragments of turquoise, white shell, haliotis, and cannel-coal, besides dests\u00ed corn-pollen and larkspur pollen, and were to be tied up in different bags before he started. \"When you get into the plain, as far off as the people of White House can see you, begin to sing one of these songs and a rainbow will form on which you may walk,\" said Hasts\u00e9yalti.\nDawn Boy then set forth on his journey. When he got to Dzildan\u00edst\u00edni, or Reclining Mountain, he got his first view of the White House, and there he began to sing. Reclining Mountain is,\ntoday, far from White House; you cannot see one place from the other; but in the ancient days the world was smaller than it is now, and the people of whom I speak were holy ones. When he had finished the song a rainbow appeared, as Hasts\u00e9yalti had promised, spanning the land from Reclining Mountain to White House. As he walked on the rainbow, a great wind began to blow, raising a dust that blinded the sentinels at White House and prevented them from seeing Dawn Boy when he entered.\nThere was a black kethawn 5 at each side of the door and a curtain hung in the doorway. When he entered the house, he walked on a trail of daylight and he sprinkled pollen on the trail. The people within became aware of the presence of a stranger and looked up. Hasts\u00e9yalti and Hasts\u00e9hogan, the Talking God and the House God, who were the chief gods there, looked angrily at him, and one said: \"Who is this stranger that enters our house unbidden? Is he one of the People on the Earth? 6 Such have never dared to enter this place before.\" Dawn Boy replied: \"It is not for nothing that I come here. See! I have brought gifts for you. I hope to find friends here.\" Then he showed the precious things he had brought and sang this song:\n1. Where my kindred dwell, there I wander.\n 2. Child of the White Corn am I, there I wander.\n 3. The Red Rock House, there I wander.\n 4. Where dark kethawns are at the doorway, there I wander.\n 5. With the pollen of dawn upon my trail. There I wander.\n 6. At the yuni, the striped cotton hangs with pollen. There I wander.\n 7. Going around with it. There I wander.\n 8. Taking another, I depart with it. With it I wander.\n 9. In the house of long life, there I wander.\n 10. In the house of happiness, there I wander.\n 11. Beauty before me, with it I wander.\n 12. Beauty behind me, with it I wander.\n13. Beauty below me, with it I wander.\n 14. Beauty above me, with it I wander.\n 15. Beauty all around me, with it I wander.\n 16. In old age traveling, with it I wander.\n 17. On the beautiful trail I am,\u00a07 with it I wander.\nThen he gave them the sacred things he had brought with him, and Hasts\u00e9yalti said it was well, that he was welcome to remain, and they asked him what he wanted. \"I want many things,\" he replied. \"I have brought you pieces of precious stones and shells; these I wish wrought into beads and strung into ornaments, like those I see hanging abundantly on your walls. I wish domestic animals of all kinds, corn of all kinds, and plants of all kinds. I wish good and beautiful black clouds, good and beautiful thunder storms, good and beautiful gentle showers, and good and beautiful black fogs.\"\nThe chiefs thanked him for his gifts, and asked him whose song it was that enabled him to come to White House,--who it was that taught it to him. But he had been warned by his informant not to reveal this, so he answered: \"No one told me; I composed my songs myself. They are my own songs.\" \"What is your name?\" they asked. \"I am Hayolk\u00e1l. Ask\u00ed, Dawn Boy,\" he replied. \"It is well,\" said the holy ones. \"Since you know our songs you are welcome to come here; but rarely does any one visit us, for there are but two outside of our dwelling who know our songs. One is Hasts\u00e9yalti of Ts\u00e9`intyel, 8 in this ca\u00f1on, and the other is Hasts\u00e9yalti of Tse`yah\u00f3d\u00efly\u00efl 9 in Tse`g\u00edhe. 10\nThen Hasts\u00e9hogan sent for a sacred buckskin, and one son and one daughter of each of the two gods, Hasts\u00e9yalti and Hasts\u00e9hogan spread the skin for Dawn Boy to stand on. Thus do we now, as the gods did then. 11 As he stood, Hasts\u00e9hogan taught Dawn Boy the White House prayer, as follows:\nI.\n1. In Kinina\u00e9kai.\u00a012\n 2. In the house made of dawn.\n 3. In the story made of dawn.\n 4. On the trail of dawn.\n 5. O, Talking God!\n 6. His feet, my feet, restore (or heal).\n 7. His limbs, my limbs, restore.\n S. His body, my body, restore.\n 9. His mind, my mind, restore.\n 10. His voice, my voice, restore.\n 11. His plumes, my plumes, restore.\n 12. With beauty before him, with beauty before me.\n 13. With beauty behind him, with beauty behind me.\n 14. With beauty above him, with beauty above me.\n 15. With beauty below him, with beauty below me.\n 16. With beauty around him, with beauty around me.\n 17. With pollen beautiful in his voice, with pollen beautiful in my voice.\n 18. It is finished in beauty.\n 19. It is finished in beauty.\nII.\n2. In the house of evening light.\n 3. From the story made of evening light.\n 4. On the trail of evening light.\n 5. O, House God!\n(The rest as in I, except that lines 12 and 13 are transposed.)\nIII.\n5. O, White Corn Boy!\n (The rest as in I.)\nIV.\n5. O, Yellow Corn Girl!\n (The rest as in II.)\nV.\n5. O, Pollen Boy!\n (The rest as in I.)\nVI.\n5. O, Grasshopper Girl!\n (The rest as in II, with \"It is finished in beauty\" four times.)\nWhen they had done, Hasts\u00e9hogan said: \"You have learned the prayer well; you have said it properly and you have done right in all things. Now you shall have what you want.\" They gave him good and beautiful soft goods of all kinds, all kinds of good and beautiful domestic animals, wild animals, corn of all colors, black clouds, black mists, male rains, female rains, lightning, plants, and pollen.\nAfter he had said the six prayers (or six parts of a prayer) as he bad been taught, he prayed in his mind that on his homeward journey he might have good pollen above him, below him, before him, behind him, and all around him; that he might have good pollen in his voice. The holy ones said: \"We promise you all this. Now you may go.\"\nAs he started he began to sing this song:\n1. To the house of my kindred, there I return.\n 2. Child of the yellow corn am I.\n 3. To the Red Rock House, there I return.\n 4. Where the blue kethawns are by the doorway, there I return.\n 5. The pollen of evening light on my trail, there I return.\n6. At the yuni\u00a013 the haliotis shell hangs with the pollen, there I return.\n 7. Going around, with it I return.\n 8. Taking another, I walk out with it. With it I return.\n 9. To the house of old age, up there I return.\n 10. To the house of happiness, up there I return.\n 11. Beauty behind me, with it I return.\n 12. Beauty before me, with it I return.\n 13. Beauty above me, with it I return.\n 14. Beauty below me, with it I return.\n 15. Beauty all around me, with it I return.\n 16. Now in old age wandering, I return.\n 17. Now on the trail of beauty, I am. There I return.\nHe continued to sing this until he got about 400 paces from White House, when he crossed a hill and began to sing the following song:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Held in my hand. (Four times. Prelude.)\n 1. Now with it Dawn Boy am I. Held in my hand.\n 2. Of Red Rock House. Held in my hand.\n 3. From the doorway with dark kethawns. Held in my hand.\n 4. With pollen of dawn for a trail thence. Held in my hand.\n 5. At the yuni, the striped cotton hangs with the pollen. Held in my hand.\n S. Going around with it. Held in my hand.\n 9. Taking another, I walk out with it. Held in my hand.\n 10. I walk home with it. Held in my hand.\n 11. I arrive home with it. Held in my hand.\n 12. I sit down with it. Held in my hand.\n 13. With beauty before me. Held in my hand.\n 14. With beauty behind me. Held in my hand.\n15. With beauty above me. Held in my hand.\n 16. With beauty below me. Held in my hand.\n 17. With beauty all around me. Held in my hand.\n 18. Now in old age wandering. Held in my hand.\n 19. Now on the trail of beauty. Held in my hand.\n3. From the doorway with the blue kethawns. Held in my hand.\n 4. With pollen of evening for a trail thence. Held in my hand.\n 5. At the yuni, the haliotis shell hangs with pollen. Held in my hand.\n (The rest as in I, except that 14 and 15 and also 16 and 17 change places.)\nBy the time he had finished this song he was back at Dzildan\u00edst\u00edni, whence be started on his quest and from which he could see Dep\u00e9ntsa and the hills around Tse`g\u00edhi. Then he began to think about his home, and he sang another song.\nThere it looms up, it looms up, it looms up, it looms up. (Prelude.)\n 1. The mountain of emergence looms up.\n 2. The mountain of dawn looms up.\n 3. The mountain of white corn looms up.\n 4. The mountain of all soft goods looms up.\n 5. The mountain of rain looms up.\n 6. The mountain of pollen looms up.\n 7. The mountain of grasshoppers looms up.\n 8. The field of my kindred looms up.\nHe thought it was yet a long way to his home, so he sat down to eat some food he had brought with him. Then he sang another song, one of the Bez\u00ednyasin or Food Songs, as follows:\n\u00cdna hwi\u00e9! my child, I am about to eat. (Three times. Prelude.)\n 1. Now Hasts\u00e9yalti. His food I am about to eat.\n 2. The pollen of dawn. His food I am about to eat.\n 3. Much soft goods. His food I am about to eat.\n 4. Abundant hard goods. His food I am about to eat.\n 5. Beauty lying before him. His food I am about to eat.\n 6. Beauty lying behind him. His food I am about to eat.\n 7. Beauty lying above him. His food I am about to eat.\n 8. Beauty lying below him. His food I am about to eat.\n 9. Beauty all around him. His food I am about to eat.\n 10. In old age wandering. I am about to eat.\n 11. On the trail of beauty. I am about to eat.\n\u00cdna hwi\u00e9! my child. I am about to eat. Kolagane. (Finale.)\nWhen he had finished his meal, he sang another of the Bez\u00ednyasin, a song sung in these days when pollen was administered in the rites.\n\u00cdna hwi\u00e9! my grandchild, I have eaten. (Three times. Prelude.)\n 1. Hasts\u00e9hogan. His food I have eaten.\n 2. The pollen of evening. His food I have eaten.\n 3. Much soft goods. His food I have eaten.\n 4. Abundant hard goods. His food I have eaten.\n 5. Beauty lying behind him. His food I have eaten.\n 6. Beauty lying before him. His food I have eaten.\n 7. Beauty lying above him. His food I have eaten.\n 8. Beauty lying below him. His food I have eaten.\n 9. Beauty lying all around him. His food I have eaten.\n 10. In old age wandering. I have eaten.\n 11. On the trail of beauty. I have eaten.\n\u00cdna hwi\u00e9! my grandchild. I have eaten. Kolagane. (Finale.)\nDawn Boy how crossed a valley to Tse`g\u00edhi, and as he crossed it he sang another song the burden of which was \"Hoz\u00f3go nas\u00e1, in a beautiful manner I walk.\"\nWhen he got to the edge of the ca\u00f1on he looked across it, and there he saw his mother, his father, his sisters, his brothers, and\nall his relations. They espied him from afar at the same time, and they said: \"Hither comes our elder brother. Hither comes our younger brother,\" etc., and Hasts\u00e9yalti, who first taught him the songs and sent him forth on his journey, said: \"Sits\u00f3we nada`, my grandson has returned home.\" Then his father, who had gone inside to spread a sacred buckskin for him, came out again.\nDawn Boy sang a song when he was at the door of the house, the burden of which was, \"Sag\u00e1n si n\u00edya, I approach my home,\" and after he entered he sang \"Sag\u00e1n si nid\u00e1, in my house I sit down.\"\nHasts\u00e9yalti entered the house after him, and then all the neighbors crowded in and sat down. The old man and the old woman said: \"My son, tell us your story;\" and Hasts\u00e9yalti said: \"Tell us the story of the holy place you visited, where no stranger ever dared to venture before.\" Dawn Boy bade them sing a song and promised when they were done singing he would tell his story. The father then sang a song the burden of which was \"Dii\u00e1 ti s\u00eflnaholne se, this person will tell me a story.\"\nWhen the song was finished, Dawn Boy said: \"My grandfather, my mother, my father (etc.), what you said was true. It was in truth a holy place that I visited. I did not at first believe that it was such; but now I know that it is.\", Then he related all his adventures as they have been already told.\n After he had related his story, they made preparations to have a ceremony for him. They made him stand on a sacred buckskin, even as the people of White House had done. As he stood on the footprints, drawn in pollen, he said this prayer:\n1. Dawn Boy am I, I say.\n 2. Soft goods of all kinds, my moccasins, I say.\n 3. Soft goods of all kinds, my leggins, I say.\n 4. Soft goods of all kinds, my shirt, I say.\n 5. Soft goods of all kinds, my mind, I say.\n 6. Soft goods of all kinds, my voice, I say.\n 7. Soft goods of all kinds, my plumes, I say.\n 8. Soft goods of all kinds, hanging above me, I say.\n9. Hard goods of all kinds, hanging above me, I say.\n 10. Horses\u00a014 of all kinds, hanging above me, I say.\n 11. Sheep\u00a015 of all kinds, hanging above me, I say.\n 12. White corn, hanging above me, I say.\n 13. Yellow corn, hanging above me, I say.\n 14. Corn of all kinds, hanging above me, I say.\n 15. Plants of all kinds, hanging above me, I say.\n 16. Dark clouds, good and beautiful, hanging above me, I say.\n 17. Male rain,\u00a015 good and beautiful, hanging above me, I say.\n 18. Dark mist, good and beautiful, hanging above me, I say.\n 19. Female rain,\u00a015 good and beautiful, hanging above me, I say.\n 20. Lightning, good and beautiful, hanging above me, I say.\n 21. Rainbows, good and beautiful, hanging above me, I say.\n 22. Pollen, good and beautiful, hanging above me, I say.\n 23. Grasshoppers, good and beautiful, hanging above me, I say.\n 24. Before me beautiful, I go home, I say.\n 25. Behind me beautiful, I go home, I say.\n 26. Above me beautiful, I go home, I say.\n 27. Below me beautiful, I go home, I say.\n 28. All around me beautiful, I go home, I say.\n 29. In old age wandering, I am, I go home, I say.\n 30. On the trail of beauty, I am.\n 31. In a beautiful manner, I am.\n 32. It is finished in beauty.\n 33. It is finished in beauty.\n 34. It is finished in beauty.\n 35. It is finished in beauty.\nThe ceremonies performed were some of those which now occur in the rites of the Night Chant, on the last morning when the great nocturnal dance is finished.\n1. S\u00efk\u00e9 hol\u00f3 l\u00e1d\u00efn nas\u00e1 ga\u00a016\n My kindred | where are | there | I wander. | \n2. S\u00efk\u00e9 hol\u00f3 l\u00e1d\u00efn nas\u00e1 woya\u00a016\n My kindred | where are | there | I wander. | \n3. S\u00efk\u00e9 hol\u00f3 l\u00e1d\u00efn nas\u00e1 ga\n My kindred | where are | there | I wander | \n4. S\u00efk\u00e9 hol\u00f3 l\u00e1d\u00efn nas\u00e1 woya\n My kindred | where are | there | I wander. | \n5. Nad\u00e1nlkai biy\u00e1ze si n\u00efsli'n y\u00e9go \u00a016 nas\u00e1 woyen\u00a016\n White corn | its son | I am. | | I wander. | \n6. Ts\u00e9nitsehogan l\u00e1d\u00efn nas\u00e1\n Red Rock House | there | I wander.\n7. Ket\u00e1ni d\u00efly\u00ef'l danad\u00efnla' l\u00e1d\u00efn nas\u00e1 woyen\n Kethwan | dark\u00a017 | hangs down | there | I wander. | \n8. Hayolk\u00e1l \u00edye\u00a016 tad\u00eftdi'n \u00edye b\u00efl bike\u00e9tin l\u00e1d\u00efn nas\u00e1 woyen\n Dawn | | pollen | | with | its trail | there | I wander. | \n9. Y\u00fanigo n\u00eddek\u00e1 bik\u00e9nadeskaiye taditdi'nye b\u00efl dasil\u00e1 l\u00e1din nas\u00e1 woyen\n Behind the fire | cotton fabric | with strips on a white ground | pollen | with | hanging | there | I wander. | \n10. Baa\u00edya y\u00e9go nas\u00e1 woyen.\n I have | them | I wander. | \n11. Tanal\u00e1gola nayun\u00e9` b\u00efl tsen\u00e1n\u00ebstsa y\u00e9go\n A second thing | from within | with it | I went out | \n12. S\u00e1an hog\u00e1n l\u00e1d\u00efn nas\u00e1 woyen\n Old age | house | there | I wander. | \n13. Hoz\u00f3 hog\u00e1n l\u00e1d\u00efn nas\u00e1 woyen.\n Happiness | house | there | I wander | \n14. S\u00efts\u00ef'dze hoz\u00f3 y\u00e9go nas\u00e1 woyen\n Before me | happily | | I wander | \n15. S\u00efk\u00e9de hoz\u00f3 y\u00e9go nas\u00e1 woyen\n Behind me | happily | | I wander. | \n16. Siya'gi hoz\u00f3 y\u00e9go nas\u00e1 woyen\n Beneath me | happily | | I wander | \n17. S\u00efk\u00ef'ge hoz\u00f3 y\u00e9go nas\u00e1 woyen\n Above me | happily | | I wander | \n18 S\u00efn\u00e1de d\u00e1altso hoz\u00f3ne y\u00e9go nas\u00e1 woyen\n Around me | all | happily | | I wander. | \n19. Kat s\u00e1an naga\u00ed b\u00efke kat b\u00efk\u00e9 hoz\u00f3 si n\u00efsl\u00ednne y\u00e9go nas\u00e1 woyen\n Now | old age | travelling | now | its trail | happily | I become | | I wander | \n1. Kininaeka\u00edgi\n House of horizontal white in.\n2. Hayolk\u00e1l behog\u00e1ngi\n Dawn | house made of, in.\n3. Hayolk\u00e1l bedahonik\u00e1gi\n Dawn | having its foundation of, in.\n4. Hayolk\u00e1l beke\u00e9tin\n Dawn | its trail marked with.\n5. Hasts\u00e9yalti!\n O, Talking God!\n6. B\u00efk\u00e9 s\u00efk\u00e9 nasl\u00edn\n His feet, | my feet | have become.\n7. B\u00efts\u00e1t s\u00efts\u00e1t nasl\u00edn\n His limbs, | my limbs | have become.\n8. B\u00efts\u00ef's s\u00efts\u00ef's nasl\u00edn\n His body, | my body | has become.\n9. B\u00ef'ni s\u00ef'ni nasl\u00edn\n His mind, | my mind | has become.\n10. B\u00efn\u00e9 s\u00efn\u00e9 nasl\u00edn\n His voice, | my voice | has become.\n11. B\u00e9itsos s\u00e9itsos nasl\u00edn\n His plumes, | my plumes | have become.\n12. Beb\u00efts\u00ef'dze hoz\u00f3ni bes\u00efts\u00ef'dze hoz\u00f3\n With before him | beautiful, | with before me | beautiful.\n13. Beb\u00efk\u00e9de hoz\u00f3ni bes\u00efyak\u00e9de hoz\u00f3\n With behind him | beautiful, | with behind me | beautiful.\n14. Bebiy\u00e1 hoz\u00f3ni besiy\u00e1 hoz\u00f3\n With below him | beautiful, | with below me | beautiful.\n15. Beb\u00efk\u00edgi hoz\u00f3ni bes\u00efk\u00edgi hoz\u00f3\n With above him | beautiful. | with above me | beautiful.\n16. Beb\u00efn\u00e1 hoz\u00f3ni bes\u00efn\u00e1 hoz\u00f3\n With around him | beautiful, | with me around | beautiful.\n17. Tad\u00eftd\u00edn beb\u00efz\u00e1hago hoz\u00f3di ai bes\u00efz\u00e1hago hoz\u00f3 nas\u00ef'slin\n Pollen | with in his voice | beautiful, | that | with in my voice beautiful | I become.\n18. Hoz\u00f3 nahastl\u00edn\n In beauty | again it is finished.\n19. Hoz\u00f3 nahastl\u00edn\n In beauty | again it is finished.\n2. Nahots\u00f3i behog\u00e1ngi\n Horizontal yellow | house made of in.\n3. Nahots\u00f3i bedahonik\u00e1gi\n Horizontal yellow | having its foundation of in.\n4. Nahots\u00f3i beke\u00e9tin\n Horizontal yellow | its trail marked with\n5. Hasts\u00e9hogan\n O, House God!\n(The rest as in part I, except that lines 12 and 13 are transposed.)\n2. Hayolk\u00e1l behog\u00e1ngi\n Dawn | house made of in.\n3. Hayolk\u00e1l bedahonik\u00e1gi\n Dawn | having its foundation of in.\n5. Nad\u00e1nlkai Ask\u00ed\n O, White Corn | Boy!\n(The rest as in part I.)\n4. Nahots\u00f3i beke\u00e9tin\n Horizontal yellow | its trail marked with.\n5. Nad\u00e1nltsoi At\u00e9t\n O, Yellow Corn | Girl!\n(The rest as in part II.)\n5. Tad\u00eftd\u00edn Ask\u00ed\n O, Pollen | Boy!\n1. Kininaeka\u00edgi\n House of horizontal white, in.\n2. Nahots\u00f3i behog\u00e1ngi\n Horizontal yellow | house made of, in.\n3. Nahots\u00f3i bedahonik\u00e1gi\n Horizontal yellow | having its foundation of, in.\n5. An\u00efltani At\u00e9t\n O, Grasshopper | Girl!\n(The rest as in part II, with \"Hozo nahastl\u00edn\" repeated four times.)\n1. S\u00efk\u00e9 bog\u00e1n l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00e1s\n My kindred | their house | there | I return.\n2. S\u00efk\u00e9 bog\u00e1n l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00e1 gose\u00a018\n My kindred | their house | there | I return. | \n3. S\u00efk\u00e9 bog\u00e1n l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00e1s\n My kindred | their house | there | I return.\n4. S\u00efk\u00e9 bog\u00e1n l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00e1 gose\n My kindred | their house | there | I return. | \n5. Nad\u00e1nltsoi biy\u00e1ze si n\u00efsl\u00edn y\u00e9go nasd\u00e1s\n Yellow corn | his child | I | am | I return.\n6. Ts\u00e9nitsehogan l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00e1 gose\n Red Rock House | there | I return.\n7. Ket\u00e1ni dol\u00ef'zi danad\u00efnl\u00e1 l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00e1 gose\n Kethawn | blue | hangs down | there | I return. | \n8. Nahots\u00f3i tad\u00efd\u00edn b\u00efl beke\u00e9tin l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00f3se\u00a019\n Evening light | pollen | with | its trail marked | there | I return.\n9. Y\u00fanigo had\u00e1te tad\u00eftd\u00edn b\u00efl dasil\u00e1` l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00f3se\n Behind the fire. | haliotis | pollen | with | hanging | there | I return.\n10. Baa\u00edya y\u00e9go nasd\u00f3se\n Having them | | I return.\n11. Tanal\u00e1gole nayon\u00e9` b\u00efl ts\u00ebn\u00e1n\u00ebstsa y\u00e9go nasd\u00f3se\n A second thing | from within | with it | I went out | | I return.\n12. S\u00e1an hog\u00e1n l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00f3se\n Old age | house | there | I return.\n13. Hoz\u00f3 hog\u00e1n l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00f3se\n Happiness | house | there | I return.\n14. S\u00efk\u00e9de hoz\u00f3ni y\u00e9go nasd\u00f3se\n Behind me | happily | | I return.\n15. S\u00efts\u00ef'dze hoz\u00f3ni y\u00e9go nasd\u00f3se\n Before me | happily | | I return.\n16. S\u00efk\u00e9de hoz\u00f3ni y\u00e9go nasd\u00f3se\n Beneath me | happily | | I return.\n17. S\u00efk\u00edgi hoz\u00f3ni y\u00e9go nasd\u00f3se\n Above me | happily | | I return.\n18. S\u00efn\u00e1de da\u00e1ltso hoz\u00f3ni l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00f3se\n Around me | all | happily | | I return.\n19. Kat s\u00e1an naga\u00ed kat b\u00efk\u00e9 hoz\u00f3ni si n\u00efsl\u00edn l\u00e1d\u00efn nasd\u00f3se\n Now | old age | traveling | now | its trail | happily | I | become | there | I return.\n(Followed by a refrain of meaningless words.)\nPRELUDE.\nS\u00efl\u00e1\u00a0s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00ebly\u00e1 ananan. (Repeated four times.)\n My hand | my hand | it lies | in.\n1. Kat b\u00efl Hayolk\u00e1li Ask\u00ed si n\u00efsl\u00edn s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Now, | with it | Dawn | boy | I | have become | my hand | they lie in.\n2. Ts\u00e9nitsehogan l\u00e1d\u00efn s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Red Rock House | there | my hand | they lie in.\n3. Ket\u00e1ni d\u00efly\u00ef'l danad\u00efnla' l\u00e1d\u00efn s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Kethawn | dark | hangs down | there | my hand | they lie in.\n4. Hayolk\u00e1li tad\u00eftd\u00edn b\u00efl beke\u00e9tin l\u00e1d\u00efn s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Dawn | pollen | with | its trail marked | there | my hands | they lie in.\n5. Y\u00fanigo nd\u00e9ka, b\u00efk\u00e9nad\u00ebskaiye tad\u00eftd\u00edn b\u00efl dasil\u00e1` l\u00e1d\u00efn s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Behind the fire | cotton fabric | with stripes on a white ground | pollen | with | hanging | there | my hands | they lie in.\n6. Si baa\u00edya y\u00e9go s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n I | having them | | my hands | they lie in.\n7. Tanal\u00e1gola nay\u00fane` b\u00efl ts\u00ebn\u00e1n\u00ebstsa s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n A second thing | from within | with | I went out | my hands | they lie in.\n8. S\u00e1an hog\u00e1n l\u00e1d\u00efn s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Old age | house | there | my hands | they lie in.\n9. Hoz\u00f3 hog\u00e1n l\u00e1d\u00efn s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Happiness | house | there | my hands | they lie in.\n10. Si b\u00efl nad\u00efsts\u00e1` y\u00e9go s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n I | with | set forth for home | my hands | they lie in.\n11. Si b\u00efl nay\u00ebst\u00e1 y\u00e9go s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n I | with | go homeward | | my hands | they lie in.\n12. Si b\u00efl nan\u00ebsts\u00e1` y\u00e9go s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n I | with | reach home | | my hands | they lie in.\n13. Si b\u00efl nan\u00ebsd\u00e1 y\u00e9go s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n I | with | I sit down | | my hands | they lie in.\n14. S\u00efts\u00ef'dze hoz\u00f3go y\u00e9go s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Before me | happily | | my hands | they lie in.\n15. S\u00efk\u00e9de hoz\u00f3go y\u00e9go s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Behind me | happily | | my hands | they lie in.\n16. Siy\u00e1gi hoz\u00f3go y\u00e9go s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Beneath me | happily | | my hands | they lie in.\n17. S\u00efk\u00edge hoz\u00f3go y\u00e9go s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Above me | happily | | my hands | they lie in.\n18. S\u00efn\u00e1de da\u00e1ltso hoz\u00f3go y\u00e9go s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Around me | all | happily | | my hands | they lie in.\n19. Kat s\u00e1an naga\u00ed kat bik\u00e9 hoz\u00f3ni s\u00ef n\u00efsli'n y\u00e9go s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Now | old age | traveling | now | its trail | happily | I | become | | my hands | they lie in.\nREFRAIN.\nAnanaiye s\u00efl\u00e1\u00a0s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya s\u00efl\u00e1\u00a0s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya ananan\n | my hands | my hands | they lie in | my hands | my hands | they lie in. | \n3. Ket\u00e1ni dol\u00ef'zi danad\u00efnl\u00e1` l\u00e1d\u00efn s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Kethawns | blue | hang down | there | my hands | they lie in.\n4. Nahots\u00f3i tad\u00eftd\u00edn b\u00efl beke\u00e9tin l\u00e1d\u00efn s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Evening light | pollen | with | its trail marked | there | my hands | they lie in.\n5. Y\u00fanigo had\u00e1te tad\u00eftd\u00edn b\u00efl dasil\u00e1` l\u00e1d\u00efn s\u00efl\u00e1 k\u00eb'lya\n Behind the | haliotis | pollen | with | hangs | there | my hands | they lie in.\nThe remainder as in stanza I, except that lines 14 and 15 change places.\nHaineya\u00a020 naga\u00ed naa` naa\u00ed oy\u00e9ye\u00a020 naa\u00ed oy\u00e9ye\n | | Stands up, | stands up, | | stands up. | \nNaa\u00ed oy\u00e9\u00a020 naa\u00ed oy\u00e9yea`.\u00a020\n Stands up. | | stands up. | \n1. Hadjina\u00ed dz\u00efl\u00a021 nayi\u00e1yi`\n They came up | mountains | loom up.\n2. Hayolk\u00e1l dz\u00efl nayi\u00e1yi`\n Dawn | mountain | looms up.\n3. Nad\u00e1nlkai dz\u00efl nayi\u00e1yi`\n White corn | mountain | looms up.\n4. Y\u00fadi dz\u00efl nayi\u00e1yi`\n Soft goods | mountain | looms up.\n5. N\u00ef'ltsa dz\u00efl nayi\u00e1yi`\n Rain | mountain | looms up.\n6. Tad\u00eftd\u00edn dz\u00efl nayi\u00e1yi`\n Pollen | mountain | looms up.\n(An\u00efltani dz\u00efl nayi\u00e1yi`)\u00a022\n Grasshopper | mountain | looms up.\n7. A\u00edye din\u00e9 sik\u00e9yo bik\u00e9ya nia\u00edye niz\u00f3ni yaa\u00edye\n That | people | my country | their country | looms up | beautifully | it stands.\n8. A\u00edye din\u00e9 sik\u00e9yo hok\u00e9ya alts\u00f3 hoz\u00f3ni nayi\u00e1yi\n That | people | my country, | their country | all | beautifully | looms up.\nHaineya oooo naaia, etc.\nI'na\u00a023 hwi\u00e9\u00a023 siy\u00e1ze eena\u00a023 saad\u00efln\u00edl\n | | my child, | | cook for yourself.\n1. Hasdz\u00e9lti bist\u00e9 sad\u00efln\u00edl\n Hasts\u00e9yalti, | his lunch | cook for yourself.\n2. Hayolk\u00e1l b\u00eftad\u00eftd\u00edn bist\u00e9 sad\u00efln\u00edl\n Dawn | his pollen, | his lunch | cook for yourself.\n3. Y\u00fadi bidoly\u00e1go bist\u00e9 sad\u00efln\u00edl\n Soft goods | abundant, | his lunch | cook for yourself.\n4, Ntl\u00edz bidoly\u00e1go bist\u00e9 sad\u00efln\u00edl\n Hard goods | abundant, | his lunch | cook for yourself.\n5. Bits\u00edn nahoz\u00f3go bist\u00e9 sad\u00efln\u00edl\n Before him | happily, | his lunch | cook for yourself.\n6. Bik\u00e9 nahoz\u00f3go bist\u00e9 sad\u00efln\u00edl\n Behind him | happily, | his lunch | cook for yourself.\n7. Biy\u00e1ge nahoz\u00f3go bist\u00e9 sad\u00efln\u00edl\n Above him | below happily, | his lunch | cook for yourself.\n8. Bik\u00edge nahoz\u00f3go bist\u00e9 sad\u00efln\u00edl\n Above him | happily, | his lunch | cook for yourself.\n9. Bin\u00e1 nahoz\u00f3go bist\u00e9 sad\u00efln\u00edl\n Around him | happily, | his lunch | cook for yourself.\n10. S\u00e1an naga\u00ed bist\u00e9 sad\u00efln\u00edl\n Old age | traveling | his lunch | cook for yourself.\n11. Bik\u00e9 hoz\u00f3 bist\u00e9 sad\u00efln\u00edl\n His trail | happily, | his lunch | cook for yourself.\nI'na hwi\u00e9 siy\u00e1zi sad\u00efln\u00edl olag\u00e1ne\u00a023a\n | | My child | cook for yourself.\nI'na hwi\u00e9 sits\u00f3we eena saan\u00ebly\u00e1`\n | | My grandchild | | I have eaten.\n1. Hasts\u00e9hogan bist\u00e9 saan\u00ebly\u00e1`\n Hasts\u00e9hogan | his lunch, | I have eaten.\n2. Nahots\u00f3i bitaditd\u00edn bist\u00e9 saan\u00ebly\u00e1`\n Evening light | its pollen, | his lunch | I have eaten.\n3. Y\u00fadi bidoly\u00e1go bist\u00e9 saan\u00ebly\u00e1`\n Soft goods | abundant, | his lunch | I have eaten.\n4. Ntl\u00edz bidoly\u00e1go bist\u00e9 saan\u00ebly\u00e1`\n Hard goods | abundant, | his lunch | I have eaten.\n5. Bik\u00e9 nahoz\u00f3go bist\u00e9 saan\u00ebly\u00e1`\n Behind him, | happily, | his lunch | I have eaten.\n6. Bits\u00edn nahoz\u00f3go bist\u00e9 saan\u00ebly\u00e1`\n Before him | happily, | his lunch | I have eaten.\n7. Biy\u00e1ge nahoz\u00f3go bist\u00e9 saan\u00ebly\u00e1`'\n Below him | happily, | his lunch | I have eaten.\n8. Bik\u00edge nahoz\u00f3go bist\u00e9 saan\u00ebly\u00e1`\n Above him | happily, | his lunch | I have eaten.\n9. Bin\u00e1 nahoz\u00f3go bist\u00e9 saan\u00ebly\u00e1`\n Around him | happily, | his lunch | I have eaten.\n10. S\u00e1an naga\u00ed bist\u00e9 saan\u00ebly\u00e1`\n Old age | traveling, | his lunch | I have eaten.\n11. Bik\u00e9 hoz\u00f3 bist\u00e9 saan\u00ebly\u00e1`\n His trail | happily, | his lunch | I have eaten.\nI'na hwi\u00e9 sits\u00f3we saan\u00ebly\u00e1` kolag\u00e1ne\n | | My grandchild, | I have eaten. | \n1. Hayolk\u00e1l Aski' n\u00efsli'ngo\u00a024 ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Dawn | boy | I am, | I say.\n2. Y\u00fadi altasa\u00ed s\u00efk\u00e9go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Soft goods | of all kinds, | my moccasins, | I say.\n3. Y\u00fadi altasa\u00ed s\u00efstlego ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Soft goods | of all kinds, | my leggins | I say.\n4. Y\u00fadi altasa\u00ed si\u00e9go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Soft goods | of all kinds, | my shirt | I say.\n5. Y\u00fadi altasa\u00ed s\u00efn\u00edgo ad\u00efsn\u00ed`'\n Soft goods | of all kinds, | my mind, | I say.\n6. Y\u00fadi altasa\u00ed s\u00efn\u00e9go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Soft goods | of all kinds, | my voice, | I say.\n7. Y\u00fadi altasa\u00ed seets\u00f3sgo ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Soft goods | of all kinds, | my plumes, | I say.\n8. Y\u00fadi altasa\u00ed si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Soft goods | of all kinds, | me, | they will come to, | I say.\n9. Ntl\u00edz altasa\u00ed si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Hard goods | of all kinds | me, | they will come to, | I say.\n10. Lin altasa\u00ed si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Horses | of all kinds | me | they will come to, | I say.\n11. Deb\u00e9 altasa\u00ed si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Sheep | of all kinds | me | they will come to, | I say.\n12. Nad\u00e1nlkai si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n White corn | me | it will come to, | I say.\n13. Nad\u00e1nltsoi si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Yellow corn | me | it will come to, | I say.\n14. Nad\u00e1n altasa\u00ed si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Corn | of all kinds, | me | it will come to, | I say.\n15. Nanis\u00e9 altasa\u00ed si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Growing things | of all kinds, | me | they will come to, | I say.\n16. Kos d\u00efly\u00ef'l yas\u00f3ni si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Clouds | dark | beautiful, | me | they will come to, | I say.\n17. N\u00efltsabak\u00e1 yas\u00f3ni si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Male rain | beautiful, | me | it will come to, | I say.\n18. A` d\u00efly\u00ef'l yas\u00f3ni si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Cloud | dark | beautiful, | me | it will come to, | I say.\n19. N\u00efltsaba\u00e1d yas\u00f3ni si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Female rain | beautiful, | me | it will come to, | I say.\n20. Ats\u00efn\u00efltl\u00ef's yas\u00f3ni si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Lightning | beautiful, | me | it will come to, | I say.\n21. Nats\u00edl\u00eft yas\u00f3ni si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Rainbow | beautiful, | me | it win come to, | I say.\n22. Tad\u00eftd\u00edn yas\u00f3ni si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Pollen | beautiful, | me | it will come to, | I say.\n23. An\u00eflta'ni yas\u00f3ni si dahazl\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Grasshoppers | beautiful, | me | it will come to, | I say.\n24. S\u00efts\u00ef'dze hoz\u00f3go nas\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Before me | happily, | I travel, | I say.\n25. S\u00efk\u00e9de hoz\u00f3go nas\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Behind me | happily, | I travel, | I say.\n26. Siy\u00e1gi hoz\u00f3go nas\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Below me | happily, | I travel, | I say.\n27. S\u00efk\u00edgi hoz\u00f3go nas\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Above me | happily, | I travel, | I say.\n28. S\u00efn\u00e1de da\u00e1ltso hoz\u00f3go nas\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Around me | all | happily, | I travel, | I say.\n29. S\u00e1an naga\u00ed n\u00efsl\u00edngo nas\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n In old age | wandering | am I, | I travel, | I say.\n30. Bik\u00e9 hoz\u00f3go n\u00efsl\u00edngo nas\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Its trail | happily | am I, | I travel, | I say.\n31. Hoz\u00f3go nas\u00e1go ad\u00efsn\u00ed`\n Happily | I travel, | I say.\n32. Hoz\u00f3 nahastl\u00edn\n Happily | it is finished.\n33. Hoz\u00f3 nahastl\u00edn\n Happily | it is finished.\n34. Hoz\u00f3 nahastl\u00edn\n Happily | it is finished.\n35. Hoz\u00f3 nahastl\u00edn\n Happily | it is finished.\n25:1 Kinina\u00e9kai is White House in Chelly Ca\u00f1on, Arizona.\n25:2 Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. 6.\n26:3 For a description of White House see The Night Chant, p. 89.\n26:4 Perhaps I should say a Hasts\u00e9yalti, for there are many. This may have been the special Hasts\u00e9yalti of Red Rock House. Compare The Night Chant, p. 9, and Navaho Legends, Mem. of Am. Folk-Lore Society, Vol. 5, p. 224.\n27:5 Kethawns are small sticks or cigarettes used by Navahoes as sacrifices to the gods. Consult The Night Chant, p. 36, and Navaho Legends, p. 42.\n27:6 Ni` nahok\u00e1 dine` or People on the Earth is a name applied to all Indians, as distinguished from white men, and from holy people or deities.\n28:7 Lines 16 and 17, which end so many Navaho songs, are essentially a prayer for a happy old age.\n28:8 See The Night Chant, p. 311, and pl. V, fig. D.\n28:9 See The Night Chant, p. 171.\n28:10 See The Night Chant, p. 307; Navaho Legends, p. 238.\n28:11 Thus says the story, but this part of the ceremony is usually omitted of late, because sacred buckskins are so hard to get. Information as to sacred buckskins will be found in Navaho Legends, p. 24.\n29:12 The upper story of White House is painted white; the lower story is the natural yellow of yellow sandstone. The Navahoes do not think this the result of a mere whim, but that it is intentional and symbolic. White is the color of he east in Navaho symbolism, and they suppose the upper story was sacred to Hasts\u00e9yalti, or Talking God, who was a god of dawn and of the east. Yellow is the symbolic color of the west, and they suppose the lower story belonged to Hasts\u00e9hogan, or House God, who was a god of the west and of the evening twilight.\n31:13 Yuni is the place of honor reserved for guests and the head of the house behind the fire opposite the door.\n35:14 Lines 10 and 11 of Prayer appear to be modern growths, even if the whole cultus and myth is not modern. Yet something may be said to the contrary. The word which I translate horses (Lin) refers also to any sort of a pet or domestic animal, and the word for sheep (Deb\u00e9) originally meant the wild Rocky Mountain sheep or bighorn. It is now employed to designate the domestic sheep, while the bighorn is now called ts\u00e9`ta deb\u00e9 or sheep-among-rocks.\n35:15 Male rain (n\u00ef'ltsa bak\u00e1) means a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning. Female rain (n\u00ef'ltsa ba\u00e1d) means a shower without electric display. See The Night Chant, p. 6.\n36:16 Meaningless\n36:17 A black snake guards the door.\n40:18 Meaningless.\n40:19 Unusual form, probably a contraction with a meaningless syllable.\n42:20 Meaningless.\n42:21 The usual form is dzil, not dzil.\n43:22 This line was omitted in rendering the song to the Editor in 1906.\n43:23 Meaningless.\n44:23a Meaningless.\n45:24 The suffix -go in all the words of this prayer has the force \"of this sort\" I am, my moccasins are, etc.","title":"A Tale of Kinina\u00e9kai","type":"page"}