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==== Stars and Constellations ==== First Man, First Woman, Great Coyote, and the Holy People next planned stars for the night sky.<ref>This account draws on Yazzie, 1971; Zolbrod, pp. 92–94; Hastiin Tlotsi Hee, pp. 20–21</ref> They gathered as many pieces of {{spell-nv|tsésǫʼ}}, ''rock-star mica,'' as they could find, and put them on a blanket. Then First Man made a drawing in the dirt to plan the location of all the stars seeking to make the sky like a woven rug, orderly and balanced. {{spell-nv|Haashchʼééshzhiní}}, Black Yéʼii, placed the {{spell-nv|Sǫʼtsoh}} (North Star). First Man placed the {{spell-nv|Náhookǫs [bikąʼí]}} (Big Dipper) while First Woman put the {{spell-nv|Náhookǫs [baʼáádí]}} (Little Dipper) into the sky. First Man also placed the {{spell-nv|Dilyéhé}} (Seven Stars, the Pleiades) which Black Yéʼii claimed represented parts of his body. They placed {{spell-nv|Áłtséʼétsoh}}, the Big First One. They placed {{spell-nv|Áłtséʼétsʼósí}}, Coyote's Feather, or the Slender One (the belt and sword of Orion). They placed {{spell-nv|Baʼáłchíní}}, the children of {{spell-nv|Dilyéhé}} and {{spell-nv|Áłtséʼétsʼósí}}; and {{spell-nv|Hastiin Sikʼaiʼí}}, The-Old-Man-with Feet Apart; and the Rabbit Tracks, {{spell-nv|Gah Atʼéʼii}}; and {{spell-nv|Yikáí Sidáhí}} Moving-toward-the-Dawn; and {{spell-nv|Náhookǫs Bakąʼí}}, The-Revolving-Male-Warrior-with-His-Bow-and-Arrow; and his wife, {{spell-nv|Náhookǫs Baʼáádí}}, Who-Carries-the-Fire-in-Her-Basket.<ref>O'Bryan (p. 21) shows the relationship of many of these constellations to their European equivalents</ref> The Coyote named First Angry returned to see what was going on. He took a piece of rock-star mica and placed it on the sky, and it became {{spell-nv|Mąʼii bizǫʼ}}, known by Bilagáana as Canopus. He placed another piece in the south, {{spell-nv|Sǫʼ Doo Nidisidí}}, Morning Star. Then Coyote said, "This is too long. I have a better way." He then snapped the blanket and the rest of the rock-star mica was scattered across the sky.
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