The Monster Slaying tells how Monster Slayer and Born for Water journeyed to Sun Father for lightning bolts and flint armor, guided by Spider Woman, then destroyed the Anaye terrorizing the people in the newly emerged world.
At the Monster Slaying's end, the Hero Twins confronted Old Age, Poverty, Hunger, Cold Woman, and Sleep — beings that could not be killed, for each argued its necessity: without aging there is no wisdom, without want there is no striving, without cold there is no season, without sleep there is no rest.
Bat Woman gave the Hero Twins obsidian clubs during the Monster Slaying, arming them with weapons for the journey to their father the Sun and the battles that followed.
Big-Fly plays a crucial role in The Monster Slaying by whispering life-saving guidance to the Hero Twins during their trials at the Sun's house.
Changing Woman set the Monster Slaying in motion by conceiving the Hero Twins, revealing their father's identity despite the danger, and arming them with sacred knowledge to survive the journey to the Sun's house and destroy the Anaye.
The Monster Slaying carved Dinétah's face — Yéʼiitsoh's blood hardened into the lava flows near Tsoodzil, the bodies of slain Anaye became volcanic formations and mesas, and every canyon and rock spire between the four sacred mountains bears witness to the Hero Twins' campaign.
The Enemyway ceremony is rooted in The Monster Slaying narrative. The contamination Monster Slayer acquired from killing the Anaye required the first Enemyway to be performed for his healing.
The Monster Slaying is the narrative sequel to the Hajíínáí. The Anaye born during the Emergence had to be destroyed by the Hero Twins before the Glittering World could be made safe.
Horned Toad lent Monster Slayer his impenetrable hide as armor during the Monster Slaying, the tough skin deflecting blows that would have killed the hero in his battles against the Anaye.
Nilchi (Wind) whispered guidance to the Hero Twins during The Monster Slaying, warning them of dangers and revealing the Anaye's weaknesses at critical moments in each battle.
The Hero Twins stopped at Spider Rock during the Monster Slaying, where Spider Woman gave them life-feathers and taught them the formula to tame the dangers on the path to the Sun's house.
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