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PLATE XXIII

Navaho dry- or sand-painting connected with the Night Chant ceremony. The encircling figure is the Rainbow goddess. The swastika-like central figure represents the whirling logs with Yei riding upon them (see p. 173). At the East is Hastsheyalti (white); at the West, Hastshehogan (black). Rain spirits, with cloud-sacks and baskets, are North and South. Symbols of vegetation are between the arms of the cross. After MAM vi, Plate VI.