From The Navajo Origin Legend

Author’s Purpose

• Origin Myth—Oral Tradition—Before 1400’s• Describe how the first male and female were created• Show the importance of tradition and ceremony to the

Navajo people• Wind represents life and is considered sacred.

Questions

• What does the use of buckskin suggest about the role of deer in Navajo life?• People were told to stand at a distance and allow

the __________ to enter.• The ____________________ walked around the

objects on the ground four times.

Questions

• The white ear of corn became a _________________ and the yellow ear became a __________________.• What happens when the wind ceases to blow?• The wind represents __________ to the Navajo

people and is considered ____________________.