Navajo Religion Series, ...

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Languages : en
Pages : 235

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Navajo Religion Series, ...

Navajo Religion Series, ... PDF Author:
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Navajo religion series

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Sacred Words

Sacred Words PDF Author: Sam D. Gill
Publisher: Praeger
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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The House of Navajo Religion, Inc. ,.

The House of Navajo Religion, Inc. ,. PDF Author: The House of Navajo Religion [Pamphlet]/.
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Category : Navajo Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Songs of Life

Songs of Life PDF Author: Sam D. Gill
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004060241
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Navajo Creation Myth

Navajo Creation Myth PDF Author: Hasteen Klah
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Category : Creation
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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In the Beginning

In the Beginning PDF Author: Jerrold E. Levy
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520920570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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Jerrold E. Levy's masterly analysis of Navajo creation and origin myths shows what other interpretations often overlook: that 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. Looking first at the historical context of the Navajo narratives, Levy points out that Navajo society has never during its known history been either homogeneous or unchanging, and he goes on to identify in the myths persisting traditions that represent differing points of view within the society. The major transformations of the Navajo people, from a northern hunting and gathering society to a farming, then herding, then wage-earning society in the American Southwest, were accompanied by changes not only in social organization but also in religion. Levy sees evidence of internal historical conflicts in the varying versions of the creation myth and their reflection in the origin myths associated with healing rituals. Levy also compares Navajo answers to the perennial questions about the creation of the cosmos and why people are the way they are with the answers provided by Judaism and Christianity. And, without suggesting that they are equivalent, Levy discusses certain parallels between Navajo religious ideas and contemporary scientific cosmology. The possibility that in the future Navajo religion will be as much altered by changing conditions as it has been in the past makes this fascinating account all the more timely. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1998. Jerrold E. Levy's masterly analysis of Navajo creation and origin myths shows what other interpretations often overlook: that the Navajo religion is as complete and nuanced an attempt to answer humanity's big questions as the religions brought to North Am

Peyote Religion

Peyote Religion PDF Author: Omer Call Stewart
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806124575
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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Describes the peyote plant, the birth of peyotism in western Oklahoma, its spread from Indian Territory to Mexico, the High Plains, and the Far West, its role among such tribes as the Comanche, Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, Caddo, Wichita, Delaware, and Navajo Indians, its conflicts with the law, and the history of the Native American Church.

Songs of Life

Songs of Life PDF Author: Gill
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004664262
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Navajo Religion and Culture

Navajo Religion and Culture PDF Author: David M. Brugge
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Presents 22 scholarly studies on Navajo religion and culture, written in honor of the esteemed anthropologist Leland C. Wyman.