Part 50

Spirits, Navaho dread of, 80 of the dead of the Apache, 134

Spruce used in Jicarilla ceremony, 57-60 used in Navaho Night Chant, 118-120

Squashes represented in dry-painting, 121

Squirrel. See PINE SQUIRREL

Stars, creation of, in Apache myth, 30 in Navaho myth, 92-93

Stĕnátlĭhăn, an Apache goddess, 20, 21, 24-33, 133 represented in Apache painting, 20 symbolized on maternity belt, 39, 40

Storage baskets of the Apache, 21, 132

Suicide among Apache, 14

Sumac, berries used by Apache, 19 used in making water bottles, 132

Sun, creation of, in Apache myth, 30 creation of, in Navaho myth, 92 in Jicarilla mythology, 62 the father of Twin Gods, 99 See also SUN GOD

Sunbeams in Navaho mythology, 96, 98

Sun-dogs in Navaho dry-painting, 79

Sunflower, stalks of, used for flutes, 84

Sun God in Navaho mythology, 98-106 See CHĔHONAÁI; CHUGANAÁI; CHUNNAÁI

Sŭsh Nalkái, a Navaho mythic bear, 106

Sweat, mythic creation from, 24, 25

Sweat-bath in Apache myth, 33 in Night Chant ceremony, 117, 118

Sweat-house in Apache myth, 26-27 in Navaho myth, 104

Symbol of faith among Apache, 43

Symbolism, ancient, discarded by Apache, 44, 45 color, of the Apache, 84 color, of the Jicarillas, 60, 61, 64, 66 color, of the Navaho, 84, 87, 90-92, 103, 115, 118 on Apache caps, 131 on Apache maternity belt, 38-39 on Apache medicine skin, 20, 30-36

Taboo of bear and fish, 20, 135 of conversation while masked, 123 of flesh in puberty ceremony, 47 of houses of the dead, 76 of mother-in-law among Navaho, 126 of names of the dead, 34 of salt in puberty ceremony, 47, 125 of scratching in puberty ceremony, 47, 125 of tsí̆ndi hogán by Navaho, 81

Tádtĭtĭn, Navaho name for pollen, 119 See HÁDĬNTĬN; POLLEN

Talking God. See HASCHÉ̆LTĬ

Taos, Jicarilla contact with, 53 mentioned in Jicarilla myth, 64 Navaho name for, 138

Tarantula in Apache myth, 25

Tattooing among Apache, 42

Tázhí̆. See TURKEY

Temperature of White Mountain reservation, 13