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The Legend of Blood Rock |
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Dogrib legend maintains that the hill is actually the skull of a giant man, who
was the grandfather of Yamozhah. Yamozhah and his evil brother Ts'idzoň
are said to have killed their grandfather by cutting open the top of his skull,
throwing hot rocks into his brain cavity, whereupon he turned to stone. Today,
visitors climb to the top of the hill and kneel before a water-filled crack in
the rock. After saying a prayer and leaving tobacco for the old man, visitors
drop a pebble into the crack, listening for the sound of it falling down into
the water-filled skull. If a sound is heard, then this foretells good fortune
and long life for the visitor.
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Yamozhah and his brother Ts'idzoo (illustration by Autumn Downey)
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