Born for Water (Tóbájíshchíní) vs White Shell Woman (Yoołgaii Asdzą́ą́)

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.

A Holy Person who in Matthews's 1897 version lives with Changing Woman and is the mother of Born for Water; in many later tellings she is another name or aspect of Changing Woman herself.

White Shell Woman's relationship to Changing Woman differs from telling to telling. In Washington Matthews's *Navaho Legends* (1897), Yolkaí Estsán and Estsánatlehi are two women who live together; Changing Woman conceives a son by the Sun, and White Shell Woman conceives a son by the water, and the two boys grow up together as brothers: Monster Slayer and Born for Water. In many later tellings, White Shell Woman is another name for Changing Woman, or an aspect of her, and both twins are Changing Woman's sons.