{"id":1402,"date":"2013-01-12T13:14:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T18:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2013-01-12T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T18:20:57","slug":"porcupine-dahsani-navajo-protector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/porcupine-dahsani-navajo-protector\/","title":{"rendered":"Porcupine (Dahs\u00e1ni) Navajo Protector"},"content":{"rendered":"

Changing Woman gave the Hashtl’ishnii – Mud People Clan Porcupine (Dahs\u00e1ni) as their symbol of protection.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Porcupine<\/a><\/p>\n

Porcupine is thought to have mystical healing powers, and used during winter ceremonies by Navajo Medicine Men. They are also an important animal for the Navajo Shoe Game<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

He is also the protector of Mount Hesperus (Dib\u00e9 Nitsaa)<\/a> the Navajo Sacred Mountain of the north and
\nthe Holy People that were told to live in this mountain:<\/p>\n

Folding Darkness Boy and Girl
\nBlack Jet Boy and Girl
\nBlack Corn Boy and Girl and cold seasons<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Navajo Zoo<\/strong> has two resident Porcupines. One is a male, appropriately named Spike, while the other is a female named Barb. Spike was found locally as a tiny orphan in 2001 when he was small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Barb came to the Zoo in September 2008 and was also orphaned soon after birth. Both porcupines are full-grown and weigh between 25 and 30 pounds. They really enjoy apples given as treats during tours with school children.<\/p>\n

Navajo Taboo<\/strong>: Do not kill porcupines or you will get nosebleeds.<\/p>\n

The Four Navajo Sacred Mountains<\/h3>\n

Mount Blanca (Tsisnaasjini\u2019 \u2013 Dawn or White Shell Mountain \u2013 East<\/a>
\nMount Taylor (Tsoodzil \u2013 Blue Bead or Turquoise Mountain) \u2013 South<\/a>
\nSan Francisco Peaks (Doko\u2019oosliid \u2013 Abalone Shell Mountain) \u2013 West<\/a>
\nMount Hesperus Dib\u00e9 Nitsaa (Big Mountain Sheep) \u2013 Obsidian Mountain \u2013 North<\/a><\/p>\n

Navajo People Website Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Navajo Culture<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Navajo History<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Navajo Art<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Navajo Clothing\u00a0<\/a>Navajo Pictures<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Navajo Rugs<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Navajo Language<\/a>\u2013\u00a0Navajo Jewelry<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Navajo Code Talker<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Navajo Pottery<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Navajo Legends<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hogan\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sand Painting<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Navajo Food\u00a0<\/a>\u2013\u00a0Navajo News<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Navajo Nation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Changing Woman gave the Hashtl’ishnii – Mud People Clan Porcupine (Dahs\u00e1ni) as their symbol of protection. Porcupine is thought to have mystical healing powers, and used during winter ceremonies by Navajo Medicine Men. They are also an important animal for the Navajo Shoe Game. He is also the protector of Mount Hesperus (Dib\u00e9 Nitsaa) the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[523,513,511,524,456,522,510],"class_list":["post-1402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navajo-mythology","tag-dahsani","tag-holy-people","tag-mount-hesperus","tag-mud-people-clan","tag-navajo-shoe-game","tag-porcupine","tag-protector","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402","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=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1406,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions\/1406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}