Native American Religion
Navajo Prayer
Whose voice I hear in the winds And whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me! I am small and weak, I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes Ever behold the red and purple sunsets! Make my hands respect the things you have made And my ears sharp to hear your voice! Make me wise so that I may understand The things you have taught my people! Let me learn the lessons you have hidden In every leaf and rock!
Tségihi
House made of dawn.House made of evening light.House made of the dark cloud.House made of male rain.House made of dark mist.House made of female rain.House made of pollen. House made of grasshoppers. Dark cloud is at the door.The trail out of it is dark cloud. The zigzag lightning stands high upon it. Male deity! Your offering I make. I have prepared a smoke for you. Restore my feet for me.Restore my legs for me.Restore my body for me.Restore my mind for me. This very day take out your spell for me.Your spell remove for me.You have taken it away for me.Far off it has gone. Happily I recover.Happily my interior becomes cool.Happily I go forth. Navajo Blanket With Storm Symbols My interior feeling cool, may I walk.No longer sore, may I walk.Impervious to pain, may I walk.With lively feeling may I walk.As it used to be long ago, may I walk. Happily may I walk. Happily, with abundant dark clouds, may I walk. Happily, with abundant showers, may I walk. Happily, with abundant plants, may I walk. Happily, on a trail of pollen, may I walk. Happily may I walk. Being as it used to be long ago, may I walk. May it be beautiful before me May it be beautiful behind me. May it be beautiful below me. May it be beautiful above me. With it be beautiful all around me. In beauty it is finished
Navajo Blessing Way Prayer
In beauty may I walk.All day long may I walk.Through the returning seasons may I walk.On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.With grasshoppers about my feet may I walk.With dew about my feet may I walk.With beauty may I walk.With beauty before me, may I walk.With beauty behind me, may I walk.With beauty above me, may I walk.With beauty below me, may I walk.With beauty all around me, may I walk.In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.It is finished in beauty.It is finished in beauty
