Born for Water (Tóbájíshchíní) vs Monster Slayer (Naayééʼ Neizghání)

The younger of the Hero Twins, Monster Slayer's brother; in Matthews's version the son of White Shell Woman by the water, in many later tellings Changing Woman's son by the Sun.

Tóbájíshchíní, Born for Water, is the brother of Monster Slayer, and the two act together through the journey to their father's house and the killing of the first monster. His name, usually translated "born for water" or "child of the water", reflects the version of his birth told in Matthews's *Navaho Legends*, in which White Shell Woman conceives him by the dripping of water, while Changing Woman conceives Monster Slayer by the Sun. In many later tellings both are Changing Woman's twin sons by the Sun.

The elder of the Hero Twins, son of Changing Woman and the Sun, who with his brother journeys to their father's house and returns with lightning weapons to destroy the monsters that preyed on the Earth Surface People.

Naayééʼ Neizghání, Monster Slayer, and his brother Tóbájíshchíní, Born for Water, are the Hero Twins of Diné tradition. Monster Slayer is the son of Changing Woman and the Sun, Jóhonaaʼéí. The twins grow up hidden from the naayééʼ, the monsters that are killing the people, and in time set out to find their father.