Water Monster’s Connections

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Associated with

• Begochiddy,Coyote,First Man,First Woman,Hajíínáí

  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.

• Dinetah

  Water Monster's flood — unleashed when Coyote stole her child — drove the First People upward through the reed into the Glittering World, making the monster's wrath the catalyst that forced the emergence into Dinétah.

• Hatałii

  Water-Monster guards the sacred waters of Dinétah, and Hatałii must observe proper protocols when conducting ceremonies near lakes and springs to avoid offending the Water-Monster.

• Nilchi

  Nilchi carried the people's prayers and breath upward through the reed during Water-Monster's flood, helping the beings survive their ascent to the Glittering World.

• Tonenili

  Tonenili's rain connects him to Water-Monster, who controls bodies of water. While Water-Monster guards the waters below, Tonenili sends the rain from above, both governing water's presence in the world.