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The Navajo Origin Myth

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(a)In the Navajo origin legend there are many key ideas, but the main point was the wind would give life to man and woman, and (b) as long as the wind blew they would live. (a) The ritual involved a buffalo skin, and under the horns was a white stock of corn and a yellow. under the corn was yellow and white eagle feather. (5) what i get rom this, is it shows that men and women was made equal, but at the same time they are

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