Navajo Grey Tree of Life Rug - Tabita Bitah (#038)
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Dog
Sending of
the dog to Acoma as a messenger of the ceremonies; in a coyote like trick he undertakes
a test of eating thirty-two kinds of food and runs off with the presents given
in reward for his success. More about this legend
Horse
Johano-ai
starts each day from his hogan, in the east, and rides across the skies to his
hogan in the west, carrying the shining golden disk, the sun. He has five horses
a horse of turquoise, a horse of white shell, a horse of pearl shell, a horse
of red shell, and a horse of coal? More about this legend
Sheep
The gods,
of course, had had the animals from the beginning of time. When they arranged
the world and planned the pattern of hte stars in the sky, they first laid the
glittering objects out on a sheepskin. The Sun, father of the war gods, possessed
a flock of sheep in four colors. The beautiful and human myth of the Shooting
Chant tells how he offered these to his twin children when they had sought and
found him. More about this legend
Corn
The Supernaturals
also warn him of taboos connected with the use of corn. It should not be cooked
until it is ripe nor eaten before it is fully cooked, or frost and floods will
damage the crop. In the "vigil of the corn" ceremony the corn is fed
with dried meat; if it were to be fed with corn it would thus consume itself,
just as feeding meat to the masks would cause men to eat each other. When giving
this warning Talking God refers to the time that ugly woman fed corn to the corn
with result that " the people starved and men ate the flesh of other men."? More about this legend
Tree of Life
The Tree of Life is one of the most unique and interesting of Navajo myths and
legends. It is an interpretation of where the people came from, their beliefs
in the progression and movement of life, connections with their surroundings and
the involvement of their deities. It is a metaphor for who they are and the life
they lead. At the base of the corn plant there is a symbol for the emergence or
?center of all things?? More about this legend
Weaving
After the
medicine woman told the people about the prayersticks she told them that there
was a place in the underworld where two rivers crossed. It was called ni tqin'kae
tsosi, fine fiber cotton (Indian hemp). There were two persons who brought the
seed of that plant, they were spiders. They said that the people were to use the
plant instead of skins for their clothing. So this seed was planted in the earth? More about this legend
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