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In the Navajo tradition, a war name is a one of several secret names given to children at birth by their parents. The war name is used only in ceremonial situations and in times of danger. The war name is considered to be owned by its bearer and part of his actual being.
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Adair, John, and Kurt W. Deuschle
1970 The People's Health: Medicine and Anthropology in a Navajo Community. New York:
Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Locke, Raymond Friday
1992 The Book of the Navajo. Los Angeles: Mankind Pub. Co.