Description
Book SynopsisAn analysis of Navajo creation and origin myths that shows the Navajo religion is as complete and nuanced an attempt to answer humanity's big questions as the religions brought to North America by Europeans. It discusses certain parallels between Navajo religious ideas and contemporary scientific cosmology.
Table of ContentsLIST OF TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PART 1: BACKGROUND
1. Introduction
2. Historical Background
PART 2: THE MYTHS
3. The Underworlds
4. The Emergence and the Present World
5. Tricksters North and South
6. Two Traditions
PART 3: THE VERITIES
7. The Creation
8. Good and Evil, Order and Chaos
9. Men, Women, and Men-Women
10. Envoy
APPENDIX: CLASSIFICATION OF NAVAJO SINGS ACCORDING TO LELAND WYMAN AND CLYDE KLUCKHOHN
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