Navaho Legends
Autor Washington Matthewsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 ian 2002 – vârsta până la 80 ani
Navaho Legends is one of the earliest collections of Navajo oral traditions in English, and still the best. Originally published in 1897, Washington Matthews’s sensitive translation contains extensive versions of the Original Legend and two other tales. These richly detailed legends remain among the most complete sources of Navajo cultural, ritual, and ceremonial information.
This edition is fully faithful to the original, containing Matthews’s introduction, extensive notes, interlinear prayer translations, musical notations, and index, plus a new note on orthography by Robert Young.
This edition is fully faithful to the original, containing Matthews’s introduction, extensive notes, interlinear prayer translations, musical notations, and index, plus a new note on orthography by Robert Young.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780874804249
ISBN-10: 0874804248
Pagini: 322
Ilustrații: 5 illus., 42 figures
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:2nd Edition
Editura: University of Utah Press
Colecția University of Utah Press
ISBN-10: 0874804248
Pagini: 322
Ilustrații: 5 illus., 42 figures
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:2nd Edition
Editura: University of Utah Press
Colecția University of Utah Press
Recenzii
"Nearly a century old, Matthews’s collection remains an essential reference for students of the Navajo culture."—Books of the Southwest
“The foundation for much of the subsequent scholarship on Navajo. Valuable contributions to the study of Southwest Native Americans.”
—Journal of the West
—Journal of the West
Notă biografică
Washington Matthews (1843-1905), U.S. Army Major and Surgeon, was based in the Southwest for a number of years. Conversant in Navajo, he was one of the earliest recorders of Navajo culture.
Grace McNeley was born and raised in Shiprock, New Mexico.
Grace McNeley was born and raised in Shiprock, New Mexico.
Cuprins
Illustrations
Foreword
Introduction
LEGENDS
The Navaho Origin Legend
I. The Story of the Emergence
II. The Early Events in the Fifth World
III. The War Gods
IV. Growth of the Navaho Nation
Natinesthani
The Great Shell of Kintyel
Notes
Bibliographic Notes
Melodies
Index
A Note on Orthography
Foreword
Introduction
LEGENDS
The Navaho Origin Legend
I. The Story of the Emergence
II. The Early Events in the Fifth World
III. The War Gods
IV. Growth of the Navaho Nation
Natinesthani
The Great Shell of Kintyel
Notes
Bibliographic Notes
Melodies
Index
A Note on Orthography
Descriere
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.