Masked Gods

Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism

von Frank Waters

434 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Masked Gods is a vast book, a challenging and profoundly original account of the history, legends, and ceremonialism of the Navajo and Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Following a brief but vivid history of the two tribes through the centuries of conquest, the book turns inward to the meaning of Native American legends and ritual-Navajo songs, Pueblo dances, Zuni kachina ceremonies. Enduring still, these rituals and ceremonies express a view of life, of man's place in the creation, which is compared with Taoism and Buddhism-and with the aggressive individualism of the Western world.

• Reihe: OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS
• ISBN: 9780804006415
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.1950
• Größe: 231 x 153 mm
• Verlag: Univ of Chicago on behalf of Ohio Univ Press