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First Song of the Exploding Stick

Last Song of the Exploding Stick

Other songs and extracts

Song of the Prophet to the San Juan River

Song of the Building of the Dark Circle

Instructions given to the akáninili

Prayer of the Prophet to his Mask

NOTE ON THE ORTHOGRAPHY OF NAVAJO WORDS.

The spelling of Navajo words in this paper is in accordance with the alphabet of the Bureau of Ethnology:

c = ch in chin; ¢ = th in this; ç = th in think; j = z in azure; q = German ch in machen; ‘ shows that a vowel is aspirated; the vowels have the continental sounds; ai is the only diphthong, and is like i in line; l is usually aspirated; the other letters have the ordinary English pronunciation.

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