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Emergence myth according to the Hanelthnayhe or Upward-reaching rite

Title
Emergence myth according to the Hanelthnayhe or Upward-reaching rite / recorded by Berard Haile ; rewritten by Mary C. Wheelwright ; with 13 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing, after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb, Mrs. John Wetherell and Laura A. Armer.
Author
Wheelwright, Mary C.
Publication
Santa Fe, N.M. : Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1949.

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Additional Authors
  • Haile, Berard, 1874-1961.
  • Begay, Gishin.
  • Ewing, Louie H.
Description
189 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.
Series Statement
Navajo religion series ; 3
Subject
  • Navajo Indians > Religion and mythology
  • Navajo Indians > Rites and ceremonies
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Emergence myth I: According to the Hanelthnayhe or Upward-reaching rite, told by Gishin Begay to Berard Haile, rewritten by M.C.W.--The Hanelthnayhe be'Hotchonji, by Berard Haile.--Myth II: Hanelthnayhe (Hotchonji) myth and ceremony, told by Dinneh Nez Begay, medicine man for Male bear chant, recorded by M.C.W.--Myth III. Hotchonji myth (Bakaji) of Hanelthnayhe, given by Louis Big Man (Etsay Tso) recorded by M.C.W.--Natahanal-yazi, "Next to the corn" ceremony, recorded by M.C.W.--Commentary on Emergence myth I, by M.C. Wheelwright.--Sand paintings.--Appendix: Taomotuan concepts of creation, by K.P. Emory. References to Changing Bear Maiden. Glossary.
LCCN
49002277
OCLC
  • ocm03296051
  • SCSB-113654
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library