The Navajo Nation (or Diné as they call themselves) of the Southwestern United States has their own rich mythology intertwined with their tribal religion.
Navajo Mythology provides examples of:
- Bash Brothers: Nayenezgani and Tobadzischini, twin brothers who slew the Anaye.
- Creation Myth: The Navajo creation myth Diné Bahaneʼ sees humanity emerge upwards through four worlds.
- God of Fire: Black God
(Haashchʼééshzhiní) is a fire deity who was the first being to learn how to generate fire and invented the fire drill. - Our Monsters Are Weird: The Anaye (meaning alien gods) were monsters who were born of women impregnating objects, who range from simple scaled up animals to living rocks. Most were slain by Nayenezgani and Tobadzischini.
- Theme Table: In this case, each of the cardinal directions are linked to (among other things) colours, types of corn and rain, a type of animal, and one of the underworlds the Navajos passed through in Diné Bahaneʼ, the creation myth.
- Those Wily Coyotes: Naturally being the Trope Maker, Coyote plays into many origin myths.
