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Citations and Sources
Thury, Eva M., and Margaret Klopfle Devinney. Introduction to Mythology: Contemporary Approaches to Classical and World Myths. Oxford University Press, 2017.

Zolbrod, Paul G. Diné bahané: The Navajo Creation Story. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984.

Thury, 2017, p. 107-108.

Thury, 2017, p. 108.

Thury, 2017, p. 108-109.

Zolbrod, 1984, p.39.

Zolbrod, 1984, p.41.

Zolbrod, 1984, p.42.

Zolbrod, 1984, p.43.

side notes about the references
I had trouble finding any newer resources besides the class textbook. After doing some research, I found out that the Zolbrod book is considered to be the most complete version of the story in English, which may be the main reason that there have not been any recent resources for this topic. According to the University of New Mexico press, which is the company that published Zolbrod's book, it is traditionally an oral myth which also is a contributing factor to the limited amount of newer resources. I have seen this on multiple sites including on google books and the publishers website.
 * Atraeber thanks for adding this info in, it's helpful. I know the project is over now, but I think this would be really important information to have on the main Wikipedia page (under a section called 'Written Versions' or something), and then that might save people from encountering the same problem you had. It would also help the page to seem less like a story itself, and more like an encyclopedia page about the story. If you want to add this in before tomorrow, I can count it toward your grade. Gardneca (talk) 03:58, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Draft
(the main sections I will be contributing to are the sections describing the second and third worlds)

The original paragraphs/ sentences that i will be making additions to: They found a number of people already living there: bluebirds, blue hawks, bluejays, blue herons, and all the blue furred beings. The powerful swallow people lived there also. They lived in blue houses, scattered across a broad, blue plain. The swallow people said to the Air-Spirit People, "You are welcome here among us." And for twenty-three days they all lived together in harmony. But on the night of the twenty-fourth day, one of the Air-Spirit People approached the wife of the swallow chief and wished to sleep with her.[5]

The next morning the Swallow Chief, Táshchozhii, said to the newcomers, "We welcomed you here among us. We treated you as kin. Yet this is how you return our kindness. Now you must leave this world."

The Air-Spirit people wandered upward looking for a way into the next world. Niłchʼi, The Wind, called to them from the South. They followed him and found a slit in the sky. First Man created a wand of jet and other materials and the Air-Spirit people flew or walked upon it up into the next world. One by one they passed through to the other side.

Additions and edits to content that is already on the page: Houses were cone-shaped and they were tapered towards the top. First, the locusts took flight, and then everyone else followed them. At first, they could not find an opening to the next world. ... after finding out what happened the previous night... while in the second world, the air spirit people still had not changed their way of life and they were not yet living in balance and harmony. The sky had a hard shell like the world they had previously been too. After going towards the south, they found the opening in the sky that was upward slanted.

After arriving to the second world, the insect people sent scouts, which were plain locusts, to see if they could find anyone in the area. The scouts were first sent to the east and after two days, they returned and had not found anyone or anything yet. The scouts were then sent south to explore and they were once again not able to find anyone or anything. The scouts were sent on two more trips and after they had returned from their fourth trip, the camp of the Air Spirit people was visited by the Swallow people. The Swallow people and Air-Spirit people then treated each other like they were all members of a single tribe. After the Chief told the Air Spirit people that they must leave, he said “Anyhow, this is a bad land. There is not enough food for all of us. People are dying here every day from hunger. Even if we allowed you to stay, you could not live here very long." After hearing the Swallow chief, the locusts flew towards the sky to search for an opening to the next world.

The people that inhabited the third world were yellow grasshopper people. These people resided in yellow holes in the ground, along a river that flowed to the east. The same two locusts that were sent out to explore in the second world were then sent to explore the third world.

Article section
Diné Bahaneʼ

Odin

Tiamat