Tobatc'istcini (Child of the Water)

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Child of the Water (Tobadzistsini, 'Born of Water') is the younger of the two Apache Hero Twins, born of White Painted Woman with the Sun as father; together with his brother Killer of Enemies he rid the world of the monsters of the early age. In White Mountain Apache tradition he appears in the creation narrative recorded from Noze in 1910.

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