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Mythos Atlas

The Bestiary

Diné Mythological Creatures

4 creatures from the Diné (Navajo) Tradition in the atlas, listed from most to least dangerous by the atlas's own rating.

  • Yéʼiitsoh

    Near Tsoodził (Mount Taylor) and a lake where he came to drink

    The Big Monster, greatest of the naayééʼ, a giant armoured in flint who lived near Tsoodził (Mount Taylor); the first monster killed by the Hero Twins, whose blood became the lava flows near the mountain.

    Danger 10/10

  • Déélgééd

    A wide open plain where nothing could approach it unseen

    The horned monster, a great beast of the open plain whom Monster Slayer killed with a lightning arrow through the heart after Gopher dug a tunnel beneath it.

    Danger 8/10

  • Tsé Nináhálééh

    A nest on Tsé Bitʼaʼí, the rock with wings (Shiprock)

    The monster eagles who nested on Tsé Bitʼaʼí (Shiprock) and carried people off to feed their young; Monster Slayer killed the adults and turned their young into the eagle and the owl.

    Danger 8/10

  • Tééhooltsódii (Water Monster)

    The waters of the lower worlds

    The Water Monster of the lower world whose child Coyote stole, so that the waters rose until the people escaped upward through a reed; the child was returned and the waters receded.

    Danger 7/10

Built from each creature's catalog entry. Back to the Diné (Navajo) Tradition, or browse every creature.