1. I would use the words spiritual and divine to describe these images in this tale for they produce a portrayal of godly and ethereal figures within the story.
4. A.) First is the absolution, the cleansing of the body as a part of a religious rite. The call of the Gods in the duration of their arrival and the appearance of the four Gods, Blue Body, Black Body, Yellow Body, and White Body, is next. Then the ceremony itself initiates, beginning with the placement of the first buckskin down facing the west, the two ears of corn with their tips facing the east, a feather from a white and a feather from yellow eagle underneath each ear of corn that corresponded to its color, and lastly the placement of the second buckskin over the objects with the head facing the east. The wind blows in, creating a mirage of people which in turn took four revolutions around the objects placed on the ground. Lastly, the creation of man and woman is revealed.
B.) Considering the complexity and specifics involved with the ceremony, it gives the Navajo people the characteristics of being very meticulous and genuinely serious people, especially when important events and ceremonies occur.
5. A.) The wind represented the force which institutes life into the living. Its role was to bring the man and woman to life from the ears of corn.
B.) The order and ritual of the ceremony is very structured and in a specific sequence which presents itself to be very orderly; however, the wind has a very arbitrary characteristic where it is personified to being able to come and go whenever it pleases with no pattern or warning as to when it will occur.
4. A.) First is the absolution, the cleansing of the body as a part of a religious rite. The call of the Gods in the duration of their arrival and the appearance of the four Gods, Blue Body, Black Body, Yellow Body, and White Body, is next. Then the ceremony itself initiates, beginning with the placement of the first buckskin down facing the west, the two ears of corn with their tips facing the east, a feather from a white and a feather from yellow eagle underneath each ear of corn that corresponded to its color, and lastly the placement of the second buckskin over the objects with the head facing the east. The wind blows in, creating a mirage of people which in turn took four revolutions around the objects placed on the ground. Lastly, the creation of man and woman is revealed.
B.) Considering the complexity and specifics involved with the ceremony, it gives the Navajo people the characteristics of being very meticulous and genuinely serious people, especially when important events and ceremonies occur.
5. A.) The wind represented the force which institutes life into the living. Its role was to bring the man and woman to life from the ears of corn.
B.) The order and ritual of the ceremony is very structured and in a specific sequence which presents itself to be very orderly; however, the wind has a very arbitrary characteristic where it is personified to being able to come and go whenever it pleases with no pattern or warning as to when it will occur.
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