Navaho Indian Myths

Navaho Indian Myths

Author: Aileen O'Bryan

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1993-06-14

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780486275925

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Rich compilation of tribal fables and legends recorded in the 1920s from an elderly Navaho chief. Myths include "The Creation of the Sun and Moon," "The Sun's Path," "The Maiden who Became a Bear," "The Making of the Headdress," "The Story of the Rain Ceremony and Its Hogan," and many more.


Navajo Legends

Navajo Legends

Author: Washington Matthews

Publisher:

Published: 1974

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780527010577

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A collection of Navajo oral traditions fully faithful to the 1897 original by Washington Matthews, containing richly detailed legends that remain among the most complete sources of Navajo culture.


Navaho Legends: Collected and Translated (1897)

Navaho Legends: Collected and Translated (1897)

Author: Washington Matthews

Publisher:

Published: 2009-03

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9781104196332

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.


Diné Bahane'

Diné Bahane'

Author: Paul G. Zolbrod

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 1987-12-01

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 0826325033

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This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since Washington Matthews' Navajo Legends of 1847. Zolbrod's new translation renders the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling performance on the page through a poetic idiom appropriate to the Navajo oral tradition. Zolbrod's book offers the general reader a vivid introduction to Navajo culture. For students of literature this book proposes a new way of looking at our literary heritage.


Navaho Legends. Collected and Tr. by Washington Matthews...With Introduction, Notes, Illustrations, Texts, Interlinear Translations, and Melodies

Navaho Legends. Collected and Tr. by Washington Matthews...With Introduction, Notes, Illustrations, Texts, Interlinear Translations, and Melodies

Author: Washington 1843-1905 Matthews

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9781013766930

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