or rob their corpses." Navajo legend puts the peak in a larger geographic context. Shiprock is said to be either a medicine pouch or a bow carried by the "Goods of Value Mountain", a large mythic male figure comprising several mountain features throughout the region. The Chuska Mountains comprise the body, Chuska Peak is the head, the Carrizo Mountains are the legs, and Beautiful Mountain is the feet. Navajo legend has it that Bird Monsters () nested on the peak and fed on human flesh. After Monster Slayer, elder of the Warrior Twins, destroyed at Red Mesa, he killed two adult Bird Monsters at Shiprock and changed two young ones into an eagle and an owl. The peak is mentioned in stories from the Enemy Side Ceremony and the Navajo Mountain Chant, and is associated with the Bead Chant and the Naayee'ee Ceremony. Climate Gallery See also Rock formations in the United States Volcanic plug Diné Bahaneʼ References External links Shiprock.org: Shiprock Shiprock @ discover-navajo flickr: Shiprock photo gallery 3D Movie tour of Shiprock Rock formations of New Mexico Religious places of the indigenous peoples of North America Landmarks in New Mexico Volcanic plugs of the United States Diatremes of New Mexico Landforms of San Juan County, New Mexico Geography of the Navajo Nation National Natural Landmarks in New Mexico Oligocene volcanism Oligocene North America Neogene geology of New Mexico