NASTEESTSAN The spider woman of Navaho myth, she aided the brothers Nayenezgani and Tobadzistsini, who were on their way to the house of the sun god. She presented the brothers with two charms which were to help them on their way past four dangers which they were due to encounter on the way:the rocks which crush the traveller, the reeds which cut him to pieces, the cacti which tear him to pieces, and the boiling sands. The two charms that Naste Estsan presented to the two brothers were feathers:one to subdue enemies and one to preserve lives.