Changing Woman (Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé) vs Monster Slayer (Naayééʼ Neizghání)

The most beloved of the Diné Holy People, 'Woman who changes', found as an infant on Chʼóolʼį́ʼí, mother of the Hero Twins by the Sun, and creator of the first Diné clans; she grows old and young again with the seasons.

Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé, Changing Woman, is often described as the most beloved and benevolent of the Diné Holy People. Her name refers to her renewal: she grows old in winter and becomes young again in spring, in the cycle of the seasons and of life itself. She is associated with the earth, with growth, and with the Blessingway, the ceremony at the heart of Diné religion, which this site does not describe.

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.