Beautyway: a Navaho ceremonial / myth recorded and translated by Father Berard Haile ; with a variant myth recorded by Maud Oakes ; and sandpaintings recorded by Laura A. Armer, Franc J. Newcomb, and Maud Oakes ; edited with commentaries by Leland C. Wyman.
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- Physical Description: xii, 218 pages, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm. + 1 supplement book (vi, 83 pages ; 24 cm.)
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Published for Bollingen Foundation Inc. by Pantheon Books, Inc., c1957.
- Copyright: ©1957.
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General Note: | "Our first acknowledgment should be to the Navaho who composed Beautyway and to those inviduals who patiently dictated its myths and revealed its sandpaintings for the recorders: Singer Man of Deer Spring, Wilito Wilson of Mariano Lake, Hastin Gani of Beautiful Valley, and numerous others"--Page [vii] Accompanied (in back pocket) by: Supplement to Beautyway: a Navaho ceremonial / the myth, told by Singer Man ; recorded in the Navaho language by Father Berard Haile ; edited by Leland C. Wyman. -- New York, N.Y. : Published for Bollingen Foundation Inc. by Pantheon Books, Inc., c1957. (Bollingen series ; LIII) "This is a supplement to the fifty-third in a series of works sponsored by and published for Bollingen Foundation"--Verso of title page. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Navaho Beautyway : its uses, mythology, songs, and geographical setting / by Leland C. Wyman -- The myth of Beautyway / told by Singer Man ; recorded and translated by Father Berard Haile -- The myth of Beautyway Female Branch / told by Wilito Wilson ; recorded by Maud Oakes -- The Jicarilla Apache holiness rites : "the place of worship" / told by José Juez Velarde ; recorded and translated by Father Berard Haile -- The sandpaintings of Beautyway / by Leland C. Wyman -- The sandpaintings / recorded by Maud Oakes, Franc J. Newcomb and Laura A. Armer. Catalogue of plates (with title, name of sandpainter, and name of recorder): Big Snakes / by Wilito Wilson ; recorded by Maud Oakes -- Crooked Big Snakes / by Son of the Late Rawhide ; recorded by Laura A. Armer -- Snakes on their House / by Wilito Wilson ; recorded by Maud Oakes -- "Sandpainting at Dropped-out Mountain" / by Son of the Late Rawhide ; recorded by Laura A. Armer -- Snakes and Clouds / by Little Man ; recorded by Franc J. Newcomb -- "Big Snake with No End" / by Wilito Wilson ; recorded by Maud Oakes -- "Snake Pollen People" / by Wilito Wilson ; recorded by Maud Oakes -- "Mountains Gods" / by Hastin Gani ; recorded by Franc J. Newcomb -- "People of the Myth" / by Hastin Gani ; recorded by Franc J. Newcomb -- People with Weasel Skins / by Hastin Gani ; recorded by Franc J. Newcomb -- Rainbow People / by Shootingway Singer ; recorded by Franc J. Newcomb -- "At Moved-out Mountaind" / by Son of the Late Rawhide ; recorded by Laura A. Armer -- Water Creatures / by Wilito Wilson ; recorded by Maud Oakes -- Frogs / by Wilito Wilson ; recorded by Maud Oakes -- "Summer Thunder" (Big Thunder) / by Hastin Gani ; recorded by Franc J. Newcomb -- Sun and Moon / by "Hosteen Bezody." |
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Subject: | Navajo Indians > Rites and ceremonies. Navajo mythology. Navajo language > Texts. Sandpaintings. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | PAVLIK E 99 .N3 R35 H35 1957 | 284782 | PAVLIK | Reshelving | - |