Begochiddy created First Man from the meeting of white and black clouds and First Woman from yellow and blue clouds in the earliest world, breathing life into them at the beginning of the emergence journey.
⚠ Begochiddy as creator of First Man appears primarily in Father Berard Haile's recordings. In the more widely known Diné Bahane' versions (Zolbrod, O'Bryan), First Man emerges spontaneously from the meeting of white and black clouds.
After the emergence into the Glittering World, Begochiddy and First Man prepared Dinétah as the homeland for the Diné — placing the four sacred mountains at the cardinal points, fastening them with lightning, sunlight, rainbow, and rain, and filling the land between with life.
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).
First Man, First Woman, Coyote, Begochiddy, and Water-Monster were central figures in the Emergence (Hajíínáí). Coyote's theft of Water-Monster's children provoked the great flood that drove the people upward through the worlds into the Glittering World.
After Begochiddy created First-Man and First-Woman, Nilchi (Wind) breathed life into them, complementing the creator's work with the animating force of breath.
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