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The document summarizes part of Navajo mythology regarding the origins of the world. It describes how the Navajos believe their ancestors lived in four previous worlds before reaching the current world. Each world was destroyed by flooding, forcing the ancestors to take refuge in a hollow reed that carried them to the next higher world. The summary describes key details like the lights that represented directions in the early worlds and conflicts between gender roles that led to periods of separation betwee

Author

Mark R. Jaqua

Language

EN