ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Navajo origin stories begin with a First World of darkness (Nihodilhil). From this Dark World the Dine began a journey of emergence into the world of the present. It had four corners, and over these appeared four clouds. These four clouds contained within themselves the elements of the First World.

Detailed explanation-2: -A major example of this is the origin of humans. In the Osage Creation Account, humans reside in the sky until the mythical Elk helps the human rid water from the landmasses that they would eventually inhabit.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the Emergence, the Navajo creation story, First Man took four stones-jet, which represents black; white shell, which symbolizes white; turquoise, which is tied to blue; and abalone, which represents yellow-and placed them at the four directions.