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through the singing, his spirit goes to the 

 holy place, beyond the mountain, and he 

 himself becomes, like the mountain, pure 

 and holy, living eternally, forever 

 blessed." 



A Navajo Mountain Chant 



As a matter of unusual interest, I will 

 give, both in the original and in a transla- 

 tion by Natalie Curtis, one of these 

 Navajo mountain chants: 



DSICHL BIYIN MOUNTAIN HYMN 



Piki yo-ye! Thither go I! 



Dsichl-nantaJ, Chief of all Mountains, 



Piki yo-ye. Thither go I, 



Sa-a naral. Living forever, 



Piki yo-ye. Thither go I, 



Bike hozhoni. Blessings bestowing, 



Piki yo-ye. Thither go I, 



Tsoya shich ni-Ia. Calling me "Son my Son." 



Piki yo-ye! Thither go I! 



In this Navajo instance there is first 

 apparent that myth-tendency which we 

 so constantly find when we examine natu- 

 ral religious phenomena; but, under the 

 myth, and coloring the myth, there is, as 



