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"In the fullness of primeval time, certain cosmic figures began an upward journey which brought them in the world as we know it Lane,75." Lane explains that there are more important places where there is mythically reconstructed in every ceremonial hogan where the ritual of creation is still rehearsed today. He is talking about the Navajo Indians how they have many ancient myths the tell the world in their prospective. "They emerged from their underground origin at a place which continues to serve as a vertical axis mundi, the location where contact with numinous power is still made (Lane, 75)." Obviously Lane is stating how important and necessary these traditions are and how they are so powerful and meaningful to them.