Tó Nilt’į́į́h / Tsénilyáʼí
Exhaustive profile of the Navajo clown-deity Tó Nilt'į́į́h — also glossed as Tsénilyáʼí — and his signature instrum ent, the bull-roarer (tsin ndi'ni').
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Rattlesnake Medicine and the Navajo Bull-Roarer
How the Navajo bull-roarer (tsin ndi'ni') is charged with ritual medicine and embodies Snake-power in the Big Star Chant, including connections to rattlesnake blood in arrow poison formulas and …