Tł'ish Diyin guards the mountains, springs, and waterways of Dinétah, coiled within the earth as an inner form of the land itself, channeling sacred power from the depths to the surface world.
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).
Tł'ish Diyin, the Sacred Snake, coiled at the summit of Ch'óol'í'í where the infant Changing Woman lay, guarding the site of her miraculous appearance until First Man arrived to claim her.
First Man placed Tł'ish Diyin among the inner forms of the sacred mountains, assigning Tł'ish Diyin to guard the boundaries he had raised at the four directions.
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