Figure 12. Sample of types of ritual action in Navajo Chantways. Adapted from Wyman (1983: 30).

                            Two-Night   Five-Night    Nine-night   Time of Day

Consecrating the hooghan         1        1            1           Sundown
Unraveling                       1        1 2 3 4      1 2 3 4     early evening
Short Singing                    1        1 2 3 4      5 6 7 8     Evening
Setting out of prayer sticks     1        1 2 3 4      5 6 7 8     Before dawn
Sweat and emetic                 -        1 2 3 4      1 2 3 4     Dawn
Offering                         1        1 2 3 4      1 2 3 4     Early forenoon
Bath                             1        4            8           Forenoon
Sandpainting                     1        1 2 3 4      5 6 7 8     Afternoon
Figure painting and token tying  1        4            8           During the Sandpainting
All-night singing                2        5            9           Late evening onward
Dawn procedures                  2        5            9           Dawn