Chapter 10: Navajo Religion "The Way of Beauty"
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Problem
hocho, or ugliness, chaos, disequilibrium, and all that is bad
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Solution
hozho, or harmony, beauty, balance, and all that is good
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Techniques
prayers, offerings, and ceremonies meant to restore individuals and the community to health and harmony
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Exemplars
Changing Woman and other creation story heroes who turn ugliness into beauty and sickness into health
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What is the most important number in Navajo thought?
Four
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What is the Navajo Homeland called?
Dine Bikeyah
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Where does the term Navajo originate?
Spanish settler-colonists derived it from Tewa-speaking Pueblo people, members of the Navajo Nation
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Hocho
the central problem of human life, which refers to disease, disharmony, and ugliness
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Hozho
the solution to hocho, by restoring the individual and the community to beauty, harmony, and balance
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Who are the Earth Surface People
the Dine
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What does Sa’a Naghai Bik’e Hozho translate to?
“In old age, walking his trail beautiful'.”
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Hogan
Home where ceremonies occur whenever someone needs protection or healing
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Hataalii
medicine person also called a singer
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Who is the most beloved Holy Person?
Changing Woman
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A creature of chaos who lies and disrupts whatever harmony he might encounter
the Coyote
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