Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians by James Stevenson Edition 1, (September 2006) CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEDICINE LODGE. FIRST DAY. PERSONATORS OF THE GODS. SECOND DAY. DESCRIPTION OF THE SWEAT HOUSES. SWEAT HOUSES AND MASKS. PREPARATION OF THE SACRED REEDS (CIGARETTE) AND PRAYER STICKS. THIRD DAY. FIRST CEREMONY. SECOND CEREMONY. THIRD CEREMONY. FOURTH CEREMONY. FOURTH DAY. FIRST CEREMONY. SECOND CEREMONY. THIRD CEREMONY. FOURTH CEREMONY. FIFTH CEREMONY. SIXTH CEREMONY. FIFTH DAY. FIRST CEREMONY. SECOND CEREMONY. THIRD CEREMONY. SIXTH DAY. SEVENTH DAY. EIGHTH DAY. NINTH DAY. FIRST CEREMONY. SECOND CEREMONY. SONG OF THE ETSETHLE. PRAYER TO THE ETSETHLE. CONCLUSION - THE DANCE. MYTHS OF THE NAVAJO. CREATION OF THE SUN. HASJELTI AND HOSTJOGHON. THE FLOATING LOGS. NAIYENESGONY AND TOBAIDISCHINNI. THE BROTHERS. THE OLD MAN AND WOMAN OF THE FIRST WORLD. ILLUSTRATIONS FIG. 115. Exterior lodge. FIG. 116. Interior lodge. FIG. 117. Gaming ring. FIG. 118. Sweat house. PLATE CXII. A, Rainbow over eastern sweat house; B, Rainbow over western sweat house PLATE CXIII. Blanket rug and medicine tubes PLATE CXIV. Blanket rug and medicine tubes PLATE CXV. Masks: 1, Naiyenesyong; 2, 3, Tobaidischinne; 4, 5, Hasjelti; 6, Hostjoghon; 7, Hostjobokon; 8, Hostjoboard PLATE CXVI. Blanket rug and medicine tubes PLATE CXVII. 1, Pine boughs on sand bed; 2, Apache basket containing yucca suds lined with corn pollen; 3, Basket of water surface covered with pine needles PLATE CXVIII. Blanket rug and medicine tubes and sticks PLATE CXIX. Blanket rug and medicine tube PLATE CXX. First sand painting PLATE CXXI. Second sand painting PLATE CXXII. Third sand painting PLATE CXXIII. Fourth sand painting INTRODUCTION. During my visit to the Southwest, in the summer of 1885, it was my good fortune to arrive at the Navajo Reservation a few days before the commencement of a Navajo healing ceremonial. Learning of the preparation for this, I decided to remain and observe the ceremony, which was to continue nine days and nights. The occasion drew to the place some 1,200 Navajos. The scene of the assemblage was an extensive plateau near the margin of Keam’s Canyon, Arizona.