The war god permitted himself to be siezed by the Anaye’s talons and carried upward. Carrying the length of intestine along with his bow and lightning bolt arrows he presented himself as bait for the Thunderbirds.Įventually there was the roar of thunder and the flash of lightning and the male Thunderbird swooped down at Nayanazgeni. Observing one of the Thunderbirds’ method of killing their prey, Nayanazgeni realized he could deceive the Thunderbirds by using the length of blood-filled intestine he had taken as a trophy after slaying Deelgeth. They would then fly down to collect the corpses and take them back to their nest on top of an isolated and unclimbable mesa (or in some myths a very high mountain) either as food for themselves or for their many young, lying in wait with mouths open like the young of lesser birds. (In some versions the male Thunderbird would only kill men and the female Thunderbird would only kill women)
THUNDERBIRD MEANING NAVAJO MOVIE
With their prey thus rendered helpless the Thunderbirds would sieze them with their giant claws (Yes, it’s a joking reference to the notoriously bad movie The Giant Claw) then drop them from a great height, letting them spatter on the rocks below.
For the female Thunderbird, in addition to the thunderous flapping of her wings, pouring rain would stream down from her spread wings like from clouds and this downpour would blind her victims.
In addition to the deafening sound of thunder to disorient prey the male Thunderbird’s beak would gleam like lightning, blinding his victims as well. They were a male and female pair of enormous birds and the flapping of their wings sounded as thunder. THE THUNDERBIRDS – Now Nayanazgeni journeyed into the territory where the Anaye called the Thunderbirds were preying on people. This neglected epic myth was first examined here at Balladeer’s Blog in 2010 so it will seem new to many of you.ħ. Now we move along to the Navajo war god Nayanazgeni’s battle with the Thunderbirds.
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