Part 53

Water Monsters in Navaho mythology, 87

Water Sprinkler, a Navaho Rain God, 107, 115, 120

Weapons, Jicarilla, origin of, 69

Weasel in Navaho myth, 97

Weaving. See BLANKETS

Wheels in Jicarilla mythology, 62, 64 medicine, made by Apache, 10, 11

Whips, yucca, of the Navaho, 120-121

Whirling log represented in dry-painting, 120-121

Whirlwind in Navaho myth, 110

Whirlwind God of the Jicarillas, 60, 61 See WINDS

White Corn Boy of Navaho myth, 96

White Mountain Apache, population of, 131

White Mountain reservation, Apache placed on, 9 character and area of, 13 "medicine" craze on, 10 property disputes on, 23

White objects created by Yólkai Skhĭn, 33 symbolic of prayer, 34

White river, Arizona, 11, 15, 17

White-Shell Boy of Apache myth, 31, 33

White-Shell Girl. See YÓLKAI NALÍ̆N

White-Shell Man of Navaho myth, 97

White-Shell Woman. See YÓLKAI ĔSTSÁN

Wildcats in Jicarilla mythology, 64

Wind People of Navaho mythology, 95, 99

Winds, function of, in Navaho belief, 93, 95 how regarded by Apache, 35 in Apache myth, 25, 26 in Navaho mythology, 90, 93, 96, 97, 102, 110, 138 participation of, in Jicarilla creation, 61 pollen scattered to, 133

Witchcraft, penalty for, in future world, 56 See SORCERY

Wolf in Navaho myth, 97

Wolf People of the Navaho, 84, 87, 90, 95

Women, Apache, descent traced through, 22 Apache, dress of, 131 Apache, houses built by, 13 Apache, modesty of, 16

Women, Apache, property right of, 22 Apache, status of, 13-14 chiefs in Navaho mythology, 84 how treated, in Jicarilla ceremony, 59 Jicarilla, dress of, 134 Jicarilla, hair-dressing of, 134 Jicarilla, modesty of, 58 Navaho, blanket weavers, 75 Navaho, clothing of, 136 Navaho, hair-dressing of, 136 Navaho, status of, 76 Navaho, work of, 85 separated from men in Navaho myth, 85 See CHILDBIRTH; MARRIAGE; PUBERTY CEREMONY

Wool blankets, in Navaho myth of, 94