Diyin Dine'é’s Connections

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Rules over

• Dinetah

  The Diyin Dine'é hold dominion over Dinétah, the homeland they established between the four sacred mountains — their presence suffuses every canyon, mesa, and waterway, and their laws of hózhó govern the land.

Contains

• Air Spirit People,Atsá,Bat,Begochiddy,Big Fly,Born for Water,Changing Woman,Corn Beetle Girl,Coyote,First Man,First Woman,Gila Monster,Gini,Grasshopper Girl,Hastsezini,Horned Toad,Monster Slayer,Pollen Boy,Salt Woman,Spider Man,Spider Woman,Sun Father,Talking God,Tł'ish Diyin,Tłʼéhonaaʼéí,Tonenili,White Shell Woman

  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).

Associated with

• Chindi

  The Diyin Dine'é taught the Navajo people how to handle the dead and perform the ceremonies that drive away chindi, transforming raw fear of ghosts into a structured system of ritual protection.

• Enemyway

  After Monster Slayer fell ill from contact with the ghosts of the slain Anaye, the Diyin Dine'é performed the first Enemyway over him, teaching the songs, prayers, and ritual actions that would drive out enemy contamination.