White Shell Woman’s Family Tree

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Family

• First Man(parent),First Woman(parent),Changing Woman(sibling)— Marriage · Adopted

  First Man discovered the infant Changing Woman atop Ch'óol'í'í, and he and First Woman took her and White Shell Woman into their care, raising both as their own daughters.

  ⚠ In some Navajo accounts, White-Shell-Woman is Changing Woman's twin sister, found or born at the same time. Other traditions treat them as the same being or as distinct figures who appear separately.

Member of

• Diyin Dine'é

  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).