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<\/a><\/p>\nMask representing Naay\u00e9\u00e9’ Neizgh\u00e1n\u00ed, Monster Slayer, used in Night Chant Ceremony.<\/em> His name means “Slayer of Alien Gods,” . By him, with the assistance of Tobadzischini, his twin brother, were killed numerous bird, animal, rock, and human monsters, typifying evils, who wantonly destroyed human life.<\/p>\n The masks the usual inverted buckskin bag of the male character. It is To each of the holes for eyes and mouth is affixed a brilliant white sea-shell. The Legend of the Navajo Hero Twins Book\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Navajo creation story<\/strong><\/p>\n Books and Posters<\/strong><\/p>\n The Legend of the Navajo Hero Twins Book Review<\/a> Two of the most important characters in Navaho mythology are twin miracle-performing sons of White-Shell Woman, Yolkai Estsan, chief goddess. This photo pictures the leader of the two the first conceived and the first-born, whose father is the sun. Mask representing Naay\u00e9\u00e9’ Neizgh\u00e1n\u00ed, Monster Slayer, used in Night Chant Ceremony. Source: The Night Chant, A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341,6],"tags":[355,357,352,353,356,39,354],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navajo-legends","category-navajo-mythology","tag-buckskin","tag-eagle-feather","tag-nayenezgani","tag-slayer-of-alien-gods","tag-turkey-plume","tag-white-shell-woman","tag-yolkai-estsan","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2879,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions\/2879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSource: The Night Chant, A Navajo Ceremony by Washington Matthews – Date = 1902<\/em><\/p>\n
\npainted black with sacred charcoal and has a lightning symbol on one cheek, either\u00a0right or left, consisting of five white, narrow, zigzag parallel lines -which present,each, four obtuse angles.<\/p>\n
\nA fringe of hair is secured to the seam of the mask, from side to side; this is usually red or yellow and may be either flowing or stiff. A turkey-plume and a downy eagle-feather are attached at the top of the
\nmask, at one side of the center.<\/p>\n![\"gend](\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/The-Legend-of-the-Navajo-Hero-Twins-cover-720x556.jpg\")
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\nK\u2019\u00e9 \u2013 Din\u00e9 (Navajo) Kinship System<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"