Atsá and Gini serve as Sun Father's sacred messengers, carrying prayers and power between the sky realm and the earth below, their feathers charged with the holiness of the sun.
The Diyin Dine'é (Holy People) are the supernatural beings of Navajo tradition who created the world, guided the people through the underworlds to the Glittering World, and taught the ceremonial ways that maintain hózhó (harmony).
After Monster Slayer killed Tse-Nin-Ahal atop Tsé Bitʼaʼí, he found Atsá's nestlings and spared them, transforming them into the eagles that would carry prayers between the people and the Holy People.
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