Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé
Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé (Navajo pronunciation:
In English sources she is usually named Changing Woman.[4] Her parents were Long Life Boy and Happiness Girl, who "represent the means by which all life passes through time."[3] She is associated with a young Navajo woman's entry into puberty, and the kinaalda, a four-day rite at that time. Changing Woman is celebrated in the Blessing Way, a Navajo prayer ceremony that brings fortune and long life.[3]
In the American Southwest, she is also known as Whiteshell Woman (who, in some accounts, is her sister), Turquoise Woman, Abalone Woman, and Jet Woman. Other names include White Painted Woman (from the Apache), Iatiku (from the Keresans), and Moon Woman (from the Pawnee).[3]
See also
References
- ^ Young & Morgan. The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary. University of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque, NM: 1987.
- ^ Matthews, Washington (2002) [1897]. Navaho legends. University of Utah Press. p. 34.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-02-865376-1.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-6050-6902-9.