First Angry (Áłtsé Hashké)

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First Angry (Áłtsé Hashké) is a genuine Coyote Holy Person of Diné creation accounts. In the Diné Bahane' he emerged with the first beings, declared that he existed before they were formed, and is named as the one who brought witchcraft into the world, so that his power must be guarded against in Navajo ritual.

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