Navajo theology holds that Old Age, Cold, Poverty and Hunger serve necessary purposes

Evidence

(When they had killed nearly all the monsters, the Twins were going to destroy the last few dreadful beings — Old Age, Cold, Poverty, and Hunger. But these beings pleaded for their lives, arguing that they served a necessary purpose: without Old Age, the people would never make room for the young; without Hunger, the people would never enjoy food; without Cold, they would not appreciate warmth. So the Twins, persuaded, let Old Age, Cold, Hunger, and Poverty live — which is why these hard things still exist in the world to this day, for they are, in their way, necessary.) — , A Year of World Stories, 9927

Categorization

• XREF: Deliberately counterpoints a suffering-elimination worldview; the pedagogical note itself flags the comparison with the Haudenosaunee ‘Bad Mind’. — connects to: Refusing eternal life can bless the land and make it evergreen — , A Year of World Stories, 11509
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: how does hózhó’s acceptance of necessary hardship reconcile with an ideal of harmony and balance?

Broader Connections

• Refusing eternal life can bless the land and make it evergreen #qualifies (0.50) — , A Year of World Stories, 11509