A magic dwells : a poetic and psychological study of the Navaho emergence myth
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0819540188
ISBN 13
9780819540188
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1970
Publisher
Pages
206
Subject
Navajo -- Religion
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Abstract
"Let it be stated at once: A Magic Dwells is not an anthropologist's study of Navaho culture, nor is it a scientific work in comparative mythology, although it has elements of both. Dr. Moon does not center her interest on the Navaho Emergence myth in and for itself. Sher is, rather, concerned with the relevance of that myth to the lives of contemporary men and women, and with stressing its meaning to the psychological and spiritual growth of the individual.
A Magic Dwells, then, is perhaps best described as an inspired, splendidly organized, and engrossing analysis of the development of the personality, from birth to adult self-consciousness, which uses the Emergence myth as its touchstone and vehicle."--Book jacket.
A Magic Dwells, then, is perhaps best described as an inspired, splendidly organized, and engrossing analysis of the development of the personality, from birth to adult self-consciousness, which uses the Emergence myth as its touchstone and vehicle."--Book jacket.
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Prologue --
Forms and images --
Conflict of forces --
Witchcraft and holiness --
Man and woman --
Consummation --
End and beginning.
Prologue --
Forms and images --
Conflict of forces --
Witchcraft and holiness --
Man and woman --
Consummation --
End and beginning.
Number of Copies
1
