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Kléjĕ Hatál. See NIGHT CHANT

Klĕnaái, the Moon, in Jicarilla myth, 60, 62, 135 See KLĔGANAÁI; KLĔHONAÁI; MOON

Klí̆shcho Nalí̆n, Snake Girl, symbolized on maternity belt, 39

Knives in Navaho ceremony, 118 in Navaho myth, 105

Kobadjischínĭ, a Jicarilla god, 56, 62-68, 135 See TOBADZĬSCHÍ̆NĬ; TUBADZĬSCHÍ̆NĬ

Kolhkahín, a Jicarilla division, 54, 135

Kósdĭlhkĭh. See BLACK CLOUD

Kówa, the Apache house, 13-14, 44-45 See DWELLINGS

Kútĕrastan, Apache creator, 20, 24-30, 32, 34, 38, 43, 45, 133

Laguna, Navaho name for, 138

Language. See VOCABULARY

La Plata mountain, mythic creation of, 91

Leggings, deerskin, of the Navaho, 77 See CLOTHING

Lightning in Apache myth, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30-33 in Jicarilla myth, 67 in Navaho myth, 97, 102, 107, 115 represented in dry-paintings, 47 symbolized on maternity belt, 39, 40

Lightning arrows in Navaho myth, 105

Lightning-stroke, how treated by Apache, 40

Lignite in Navaho myth, 103 See JET

Little Colorado river, creation of, in Navaho myth, 90

Lizards, creation of, in Navaho myth, 90

Llaneros, a band of Jicarillas, 54

Locust in Navaho mythology, 89, 90

Locust People of the Navaho, 84

Loin-cloth of the Apache, 131

Magpie in Navaho myth, 113

Maguey. See MESCAL

Mai Hatál. See COYOTE CHANT

Maínĕlin. See GOPHER

Man-eating Bird, a Navaho monster, 99

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