Masked gods : Navaho and Pueblo ceremonialism
Type
Book
Authors
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1950
Publisher
Pages
459
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- New Southwest -- Rites and ceremonies
Tags
Navajo -- Rites and ceremonies, Pueblo -- Rites and ceremonies, New Southwest, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Rites and ceremonies, Spirituality -- Indigenous -- North America, Spirituality -- Indigenous, Indigenous peoples -- Rites and ceremonies, Indigenous peoples -- New Southwest -- Rites and ceremonies
Abstract
"Masked gods is a vast book, a challenging and profoundly original account of the history, legends, and ceremonialism of the Navaho and Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Following a brief but vivid history of the two tribes through the centuries of conquest, the book turns inward to the meaning of Indian legends and rituals : Navaho sings, Pueblo dances, Zuni kachina ceremonies. Enduring still, these rituals and ceremonies express a view of life, of man's place in the creation, which is compared with Taoism and Buddhism, and with the aggressive individualism of the Western world."--WorldCat.org.
Number of Copies
1
