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| - Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo: "Story of the People"), the Navajo creation myth, describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo as a part of the Navajo religious beliefs. It centers on the area known as the Dinétah, the traditional homeland of the Navajo, and forms the basis of the traditional Navajo way of life and ceremony. (en)
- La Diné Bahaneʼ (en français « Histoire du Peuple ») est le mythe de la Création et récit originel des Navajos. Il décrit l'émergence préhistorique des Navajo, et se concentre sur la région connue sous le nom de (en), la terre natale traditionnelle des Navajos. (fr)
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| - Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo: "Story of the People"), the Navajo creation myth, describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo as a part of the Navajo religious beliefs. It centers on the area known as the Dinétah, the traditional homeland of the Navajo, and forms the basis of the traditional Navajo way of life and ceremony. The basic outline of Diné Bahaneʼ begins with the creation of the Niłchʼi Diyin (Holy Wind) as the mists of lights which arose through the darkness to animate and bring purpose to the four Diyin Dineʼé (Holy People) in the different three lower worlds. This event happened before the Earth and the physical aspect of humans had come into existence, but the spiritual aspect of humans had. The Holy People then began journeying through the different worlds, learning important lessons in each one before moving on to the next. The fourth and final world is the world in which the Navajo live in now. The First or Dark World, Niʼ Hodiłhił, was small and centered on an island floating in the middle of four seas. The inhabitants of the first world were the four Diyin Dineʼé, the two Coyotes, the four rulers of the four seas, mist beings and various insect and bat people, the latter being the Air-Spirit People. The supernatural beings First Woman and First Man came into existence here and met for the first time after seeing each other's fire. The various beings on The First World started fighting with one another and departed by flying out an opening in the east. They Niʼ Hodootłʼizh, which was inhabited by various blue-gray furred mammals and various birds, including blue swallows. The beings from the First World offended Swallow Chief, Táshchózhii, and they were asked to leave. First Man created a wand of jet and other materials to allow the people to walk upon it up into the next world through an opening in the south. In the Third or Yellow World, Niʼ Hałtsooí, there were two rivers that formed a cross and the Sacred Mountains but there was still no sun. More animal people lived here too. This time it was not discord among the people that drove them away but a great flood caused by Tééhoołtsódii when Coyote stole her two children. When the people arrived in the Fourth or White World, Niʼ Hodisxǫs, it was (naayééʼ) living here. The Sacred Mountains were re-formed from soil taken from the original mountains in the Second World. First Man, and the Holy People created the sun, moon, seasons, and stars. It was here that true death came into existence via Coyote tossing a stone into a lake and declaring that if it sank then the dead would go back to the previous world. The first human born in the Fourth World is who matures into Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé, in turn, gives birth to the Hero Twins called Naayééʼ Neizghání and Tóbájíshchíní. The twins have many adventures in which they helped to rid the world of various monsters. Multiple batches of modern humans were created a number of times in the Fourth World, and the Diyin Dineʼé gave them ceremonies which are still practiced today. (en)
- La Diné Bahaneʼ (en français « Histoire du Peuple ») est le mythe de la Création et récit originel des Navajos. Il décrit l'émergence préhistorique des Navajo, et se concentre sur la région connue sous le nom de (en), la terre natale traditionnelle des Navajos. Cette histoire forme la base du mode de vie traditionnel navajo. Les contours de base de la Diné Bahaneʼ commencent par la création du Niłchʼi Diyin (« Vent Sacré »), les brumes de lumière qui surgissent dans l'obscurité pour animer et donner un sens aux quatre Diyin Dineʼé (« Peuples Saints »), surnaturel et sacré dans trois mondes inférieurs. Selon la chronologie du mythe, toutes ces choses ont été créées spirituellement avant l'existence de la Terre et de l'aspect physique des humains tandis que l'aspect spirituel était déjà présent. (fr)
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