Part 52

Tu Ntĕlh, an Apache god, 40

Turkey in Apache myth, 28 in Navaho myth, 88 prayer-sticks with feathers of, 117

Turquoise, bowl of, in Apache myth, 33 clothing of, in Jicarilla myth, 63 in Apache myth, 26 in Jicarilla myth, 64

Turquoise in Navaho myth, 91, 92, 97, 101, 103, 104, 106-107, 115 jewelry of the Navaho, 76 lance of Apache War God, 32 man born of, in Navaho myth, 84 pipe in Navaho myth, 108

Turquoise Boy of Apache myth, 31, 33

Turquoise Woman of Navaho myth, 97 See DUTLÍ̆SHÍ NALÍ̆N

Turtle monster in Jicarilla myth, 64-65

Tus. See WATER BOTTLE

Twin Gods of the Navaho, 98 See NAYÉ̆NĔZOANĬ; TOBADZĬSCHÍ̆NĬ

Tzĕs. See ELK

Tzĭlhkí̆chĭ Hatál. See MOUNTAIN CHANT

Tzĭlhnúhodĭhlĭ, sacred mountain, created, 91, 96, 98, 104, 105

Underworld, Navaho origin in, 80, 83, 138 See GENESIS

Ute, Jicarillas influenced by, 134 Jicarilla name for, 135

Valleys, creation of, in Apache myth, 28

Vegetation of White Mountain reservation, 13, 17 See TREES

Victorio, conference with, 7 surrender and death of, 9

Visions, God of, in Apache cosmology, 31 knowledge gained through, 32 medicine-men influenced by, 42, 43

Vocabulary, Southern Athapascan, 139-144

Walapai join in Apache hostilities, 8 tribal name of, 5

Walnuts eaten by Apache, 19

War ceremonies, God Dance a part of, 48 of extermination against Apache, 6, 7

War Gods, Navaho. See NAYÉ̆NÉ̆ZGANĬ; TOBADZĬSCHÍ̆NĬ

Washing of hands in marriage ceremony, 126, 127 See BATHING; HAIR-WASHING

Water, miraculous creation of, 97, 137 relation of Tubadzĭschí̆nĭ with, 133 Yólkai Ĕstsán conceives from, 98 See YÓLKAI ĔSTSÁN

Water bottle in Apache myth, 27-28, 30 in marriage ceremony, 126 in Navaho myth, 94 of the Apache, 16, 21, 132 of the Navaho, 77 sacred symbol prescribed for, 44

Water Chant of the Navaho, 78

Water God of the Apache, 33, 35 See RAIN GOD