Myths in which the first people climb up through successive worlds into this one: the Hopi, Zuni and Navajo emergence accounts of the American Southwest. A myth belongs here when its cited article describes an emergence from lower worlds. It excludes creation myths from nothing or from water. Examples in the atlas include The Hopi Emergence Myth, The Zuni Emergence Myth and Dine Bahane, the Navajo Emergence.
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Diné Bahaneʼ (Wikipedia)
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Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo pronunciation: [tɪ̀né pɑ̀xɑ̀nèʔ], Navajo: "Story of the People"), is a Navajo creation story that describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo as a part of the Navajo religious beliefs.
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