Navaho mythology, 90

_Badger People_ of the Navaho, 84, 95

_Bahozhonchi_, a Navaho priesthood, 83
songs of the, 125

_Balil_, sacred wand of the Navaho, 93, 114, 116, 118

_Basket_ in Jicarilla mythology, 68
medicine, in Navaho Night Chant, 118
wedding, of the Navaho, 126, 127

_Basket drum_ of the Jicarillas, 57
in Navaho Night Chant, 119, 121

_Basketry_ of the Apache, 20-21, 42, 132
of the Jicarillas, 54, 135
of the Navaho, 77, 136
sacred symbol prescribed for, 20, 21, 42, 44
_See_ WATER BOTTLE

_Baskets_, burden, used by Apache, 17, 19, 132
Jicarilla, traded for corn, 134, 135

_Bat_ in Jicarilla mythology, 67-68

_Bathing_ by the Apache, 16
following puberty rite, 47
_See_ HAIR-WASHING; WASHING

_Bead Chant_ of the Navaho, 78

_Beads_, cross and crescent worked in, 42
of precious stones in Navaho myth, 104
shell, in Navaho mythology, 106-107
shell, mixed with pollen, 38
silver, of the Navaho, 76, 77
symbolic of prayer, 34
used in puberty rite, 46, 47
white, on medicine caps, 40

_Beans_ depicted in dry-painting, 121

_Bear People_ of Navaho mythology, 111

_Bears_ in Apache mythology, 35
in Jicarilla mythology, 56, 58, 64
in Navaho dry-painting, 79
in Navaho mythology, 97, 102, 106
tabooed as food by Apache, 20
tabooed as food by Jicarillas, 135

_Bear Springs_ valley, 11

_Bear, Tracking_, a Navaho monster, 99, 106

_Beasts of burden_ in Apache myth, 35

_Beaver_ in Jicarilla mythology, 61

_Beds_ of the Apache, 16

_Begging ceremony_ of the Navaho, 120, 121

_Belts_, maternity, used by Apache, 38-39
silver, of the Navaho, 76, 126, 137

_Big Dipper_ in Apache myth, 25, 27, 29
in Navaho myth, 92

_Big God_ in Navaho myth, 98, 105

_Bilh Ahati{~COMBINING BREVE~}ni_, a Navaho mythic character, 112-116

_Binayeagani_, a Navaho monster, 106

_Bird People_ of Navaho mythology, 95

_Birds_, creation of, in Apache myth, 27

_Birth._ _See_ CHILDBIRTH

_Black Cloud_ of Navaho myth, 91, 96, 97
_See_ CLOUDS

_Black Fog._ _See_ ADILHKIH

_Black God_, the Navaho Fire God, 103-104

_Black Man._ _See_ HASCHI{~COMBINING BREVE~}N DI{~COMBINING BREVE~}LHILI

_Black river_, Arizona, 17

_Blankets_ in Navaho mythology, 94, 95
medicine-men compensated with, 125
of the Navaho, 74-75, 136
used in marriage settlement, 133

_Blindness_, fear of, by initiates, 120
from looking upon mother-in-law, 126

_Blowing_ to expel spirits, 48

_Bluebird song_ of Yebichai ceremony, 12