Interactive Genealogy & Kinship
Diné (Navajo) Tradition Family Tree
Trace divine lineages, primordial ancestors, divine unions, and heroic offspring across verified academic sources.
Generation:
Showing 14 Lineage Nodes
Gen 1
The Elder Gods
- Titans & Elemental Powersdeity
First Man (Áłtsé Hastiin)
leadership in the lower worlds
deity
The Sun Bearer (Jóhonaaʼéí)
the sun
deity
White Shell Woman (Yoołgaii Asdzą́ą́)
white shell
Gen 2
The Reigning Pantheon
- Sovereigns of Sky & Earthdeity
Changing Woman (Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé)
the renewal of life and the seasons
creature
Déélgééd
A wide open plain where nothing could approach it unseen
deity
First Woman (Áłtsé Asdzą́ą́)
the lower worlds and the emergence
deity
Spider Woman (Naʼashjéʼiiʼ Asdzą́ą́)
weaving
deity
Talking God (Haashchʼééłtiʼí)
the dawn and the east
creature
Tééhooltsódii (Water Monster)
The waters of the lower worlds
artifact
The Sun's Gifts to the Hero Twins
lightning arrows that shatter the monsters' armour
creature
Tsé Nináhálééh
A nest on Tsé Bitʼaʼí, the rock with wings (Shiprock)
creature
Yéʼiitsoh
Near Tsoodził (Mount Taylor) and a lake where he came to drink
Gen 3
Divine Offspring & Heroes
- Demigods & Epic Descendantsdeity
Born for Water (Tóbájíshchíní)
protection
deity
Monster Slayer (Naayééʼ Neizghání)
protection of the Diné
Genealogy Inspector
First Man (Áłtsé Hastiin)
"leadership in the lower worlds, the ordering of the world, power used for good and ill"
Recorded Kinship (2)
First Woman (Áłtsé Asdzą́ą́)
spouse of
Changing Woman (Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé)
parent of