The White Mountain Apache Creation
In the White Mountain Apache creation myth from Noze (recorded in 1910), a maiden went to the top of a high mountain where the rays of the rising Sun first struck. She raised her skirt and the breath of the Sun entered her. She went up the mountain four mornings, and four times the Sun's breath entered her. This unmarried girl became pregnant, and the people gossiped about her. She gave birth to Naiyenezgani (Monster Slayer) and Tobatc'istcini (Child of the Water). The twins grew rapidly and were given weapons by their father the Sun. They killed the monsters threatening the people, including