{"id":1384,"date":"2013-01-10T17:29:40","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T22:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2013-01-10T19:04:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T00:04:59","slug":"mount-hesperus-navajo-sacred-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/mount-hesperus-navajo-sacred-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Hesperus – Navajo Sacred Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mount Hesperus Dib\u00e9 Nitsaa<\/span><\/h1>\n

Big Mountain Sheep or Obsidian Mountain<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Mount<\/a>
\nDirection: North (N\u00e1hookos)<\/strong>
\nColor: Black (Lizhin)<\/strong>
\nProtector: Porcupine (Dahs\u00e1ni)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Holy People traveled by way of a sunbeam and a rainbow beam.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

They assembled the North mountain with beautiful black jet for positive self awareness to protect us from danger and evil.
\nThen the Holy People fastened down the sacred mountain with a rainbow beam for peace and harmony.
\nThese are the Holy People that were told to live in this mountain:
\n1. Folding Darkness Boy and Girl
\n2. Black Jet Boy and Girl
\n3. Black Jet Boy and Girl
\n4. Black Corn Boy and Girl and cold seasons
\n5. Bird symbol is black birds and corn beetle birds
\n6. Sacred Black Wind gave life to this mountain and Monster Slayer is the protector of this mountain
\nAfter the sun sets, darkness settles in. Mount Hesperus represents darkness. During its formation, it was adorned with the Black Jet stones and other elements.<\/p>\n

The literal translation of Mount Hesperus from Navajo is Big Sheep.
\nMount Hesperus was named after having many big horned sheep on its surface.<\/p>\n

Mountain Song:
\nMy child, I will feed you, give you good health, and I will give you strength and courage.
\nMy child, I will give you clean air and clean water to drink. I am your life.
\nMy child, get ready now and educate yourself. Improve yourself and don\u2019t ever forget who you are.
\nMy child, what I am dressed with, is what you are dressed with. I am your home and you mother and father.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Mount Hesperus Dib\u00e9 Nitsaa Big Mountain Sheep or Obsidian Mountain Direction: North (N\u00e1hookos) Color: Black (Lizhin) Protector: Porcupine (Dahs\u00e1ni) The Holy People traveled by way of a sunbeam and a rainbow beam. They assembled the North mountain with beautiful black jet for positive self awareness to protect us from danger and evil. Then the Holy […]<\/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":[515,516,513,511,497,502,512,514,114],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navajo-mythology","tag-beam","tag-black-jet-boy","tag-holy-people","tag-mount-hesperus","tag-mountain","tag-navajo-sacred-mountain","tag-obsidian","tag-rainbow","tag-sheep","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1392,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions\/1392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}