Who did the Navajo Indians worship?

Answer 1

The central concepts in Navajo religion and philosophy are Hózhǫ́ and K'é.

The four sacred mountains and two central mountains and their symbols and meaning are very important as well. Prayer is often done with corn pollen.

Changing Woman (Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé) is one of the most deities but all the Holy People (Diyin Dineʼé) are important as well.

There are 60 chantway ceremonies that are preformed by a Hataałii (often called a medicine man but more like a priest) to restore Hózhǫ́. It is a very sophisticated system and takes many years of study to learn. Chants, prayers, sand paintings, herbs, story, dance and many other rituals are combined into a ceremony in an exact manner.

Today, the majority of the 300,000 remembers of the Navajo Navajo take part in traditional Navajo religion at least some of the time.

NAC (Native American Church) and multiple Christian faiths are also practiced.

Hózhǫ́ means beauty and harmony, peace, balance, happiness and contentment, health, wholeness, goodness all in one concept. It is about the dynamic balance of multiple complementary forces that occur in symmetrical pairs (or fourfold symmetrical groups).

K'é is about the proper relationships between people and all things.

Answer 2

The people of the Southwest, along with the Southeast had full-time religious leaders with shrines or temple buildings. Most Native Americans believe that in the universe there exists an Almighty, a spiritual force that is the source of all life. The Almighty belief is not pictured as a man in the sky, but is believed to be formless and exist in the universe. The sun is viewed as the power of the Almighty. They are not worshipping the sun, but praying to the Almighty, and the sun is a sign and symbol for that. Native Americans show less interest in an afterlife unlike the Christians. They assume the souls of the dead go to another part of the universe where they have a new existence carrying on everyday activities like they were still alive. They are just in a different world. The religious and ceremonial life of the Hopi centers in the kiva, which is simply a room, wholly or partly subterranean and entered by way of ladder through an opening in the flat roof. While the membership of the kiva consists principally of men and boys from certain clan or clans, there is no case in which all the members of a kiva belong to one clan- a condition inseparable from the provision that a man may change his kiva membership, and in fact made necessary by the existence of more clans than kivas. It is probable, nevertheless, that originally the kivas were clan institutions." The Hopi or "Hopituh Shi-nu-mu" meaning "The Peaceful People" or the "Peaceful Little Ones" are a well know Indian Nation in Northern Arizona, especially known for their "Kachina Dolls". The Navajo name for the Hopi is Anazazi which means "ancient enemies". The Hopi's are a very peaceful tribe whose reservation lies somewhat in the center of the Navajo Nation and although the co-exist because of their geography their relationship is somewhat strained because of their tribal histories. The cliff painting of the Mesa Verde and other areas are said to be "guides" for their warriors and they claim that the "snake-shaped" mounds in the eastern United States were built by their ancestors. The "Snake Dance" is performed even today although the picture is of a Snake Priest Circa 1890. The dance takes about two weeks to prepare and the snakes are gathered and watched over by the children. The snakes are usually rattle snakes and are dangerous but no harm seems to befall the children. Before the dance begins the dancers take an emetic (probably a sedative herb or hallucinogenic) and then dance with the snakes in their mouths. There is usually an Antelope Priest in attendance who helps with the dance, sometimes stroking the snakes with a feather or supporting their weight. After the dance the snakes are released to carry the prayers of the dancers.

Answer 3

Most Navajos believe that in the universe there exists an Almighty, a spiritual force that is the source of all life. The

sun is viewed as the power of the Almighty, sort of like the Christan god

. They are not worshipping the sun, but praying to the Almighty, and the sun is a sign and symbol for that. Native Americans think the souls go on to live an after life but not like Christan's. They assume the souls of the dead go to another part of the universe where they have a new existence carrying on everyday activities like they were still alive.

Answer 4

The Navajo Indians believed in a group of holy people that had certain powers. They also believed in a benevolent Mother Earth.

Answer 5

First Man & First Woman.

Answer 6

Godsq