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<\/a><\/p>\nNavajo Men near sweat house 1909-1914<\/em> <\/p>\n THIS celebrates the building of the first house when the people emerged from the Underworld. It was built for a purification ceremony, and the different animals of this world were asked for the wood, the water-washed rocks, the fire, the water, and the cover for the door. This last was given by the Owls, who are thought of as wearing a thick robe of feathers which they put over little children, lost at night. (As sunng by YELLOW POLICEMAN)<\/p>\n FIRST MAN SINGS:<\/p>\n Nah-yeh-nez-gha’ni will spread the earth Tso-ah-naht’le-he spreads the heavens Kley-yah-nay-ya’ni made the she-mountains Brought the water. Brought the water. He put it down. He put it down. She put it down. She put it down. No wood, no wood, no wood, no wood. No rock, no rock, no rock, no rock. No fire, no fire, no fire, no fire. No water, no water, no water, no water. The cover, the cover, the cover, the cover. The Sweat House Song (Tah’tsay Bee-yeen) Navajo Men near sweat house 1909-1914 View is east across Hamblin Valley to the Echo Cliffs, opposite Hidden Springs, about eight miles north of the Tuba City junction off today’s U.S. Highway 89. THIS celebrates the building of the first house when the people emerged from the Underworld. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[63,57,443,442,441],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navajo-culture","tag-ceremony","tag-navajo-religion","tag-purification","tag-song","tag-sweat-house","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","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=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nView is east across Hamblin Valley to the Echo Cliffs, opposite Hidden Springs, about eight miles north of the Tuba City junction off today’s U.S. Highway 89.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTHE SWEAT — BATH SONG<\/p>\n
\nWith beautiful flowers.
\nAn everlasting world and a peaceful world.<\/p>\n
\nSpreads the different-colored stars.
\nAn everlasting heaven and a peaceful heaven.<\/p>\n
\nMade the horned animals of different colors.
\nEverlasting mountains and peaceful mountains.<\/p>\n
\nToh-ba’ad-zi-zi’ni brought down the she-rain
\nFrom heaven to make water.
\nAnd the iron-flakes make the edge of the stream glitter.
\nEverlasting water and peaceful water.<\/p>\n
\nFirst Man put down the sweat-house.
\nOn the edge of the hole where they came up.
\nHe built the son of the She-dark.
\nHe built it of valuable soft materials.
\nEverlasting and peaceful, he put it there.
\nHe put it there.<\/p>\n
\nFirst Woman, she put it down.
\nShe built it with the early dawn.
\nShe built it with valuable hard materials.
\nEverlasting and peaceful, she put it down.
\nShe put it down.<\/p>\n
\nNo wood — I went to Beaver Man.
\nWe talked together about the wood,
\nAnd I got some wood from him.
\nI got the wood, I got the wood,
\nAnd made the house complete.
\nI got the wood. I got the wood.<\/p>\n
\nNo rock — I went to Otter Man.
\nWe talked together about the rock,
\nAnd I got some rock from him.
\nI got the rock, I got the rock,
\nAnd made the house complete.
\nI got the rock. I got the rock.<\/p>\n
\nNo fire — I went to the Fire Fly.
\nWe talked together about the fire,
\nAnd I got some fire from him.
\nI got the fire, I got the fire,
\nAnd made the house complete.
\nI got the fire. I got the fire.<\/p>\n
\nNo water — I went to Beaver Girl.
\nWe talked together about the water,
\nAnd I got some water from her.
\nI got the water, I got the water.
\nAnd made the house complete.
\nI got the water. I got the water.<\/p>\n
\nThe Black Owl Man gave me his robe
\nTo cover the dark door.
\nHe gave me his robe, he gave me his robe,
\nHe gave me his robe. The Black Owl gave me his robe.
\nTo cover the dark — and I saw it done.
\nHe gave me his robe, he gave me his robe, he gave me his robe.
\nThe White Owl gave me his robe, to cover me.<\/p>\n