O'odham creation & related events

Book

O'odham creation & related events / as told to Ruth Benedict in 1927 in prose, oratory, and song by the Pimas William Blackwater [and others] ; edited by Donald Bahr ; with a foreword by Barbara A. Babcock.

Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948 (Added Author). Blackwater, William. (Added Author). Bahr, Donald M. (Added Author).

Summary:

Brings together dozens of stories collected in 1927 by anthropologist Ruth Benedict during her only visit to the Pimas, plus songs and orations that accompanied a telling. It also includes a previously unpublished text by Benedict, "Figures of Speech among the Pima."

Record details

ISBN: 0816520801
ISBN: 9780816520800
Physical Description: xxxvii, 227 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, �2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction: Benedict's Choice / Donald Bahr xv -- 1 Rafter Hauled: The Long Telling of Ancient Times 3 -- Rafter / Thomas Vanyiko, William Blackwater 5 -- Earth and Sky 5 -- Humans 10 -- Flood 11 -- New Creation 17 -- First Death 22 -- Farming and the Calendar 24 -- Navitcu 25 -- Ho'ok 27 -- Man Eagle 29 -- Killing Elder Brother 31 -- His Resurrection 34 -- Passage to Earth's Surface 38 -- Elder Brother's Campaign 41 -- Departure of Elder Brother 52 -- 2 Pieces Left Out 55 -- Blackwater's Ho'ok / William Blackwater 56 -- Blackwater's Man Eagle / William Blackwater 63 -- Corn Woman / William Blackwater 69 -- Coyote Brothers / William Blackwater 77 -- Dove Makes Magic for a Race / William Blackwater 87 -- Girl Becomes Star / William Blackwater 87 -- Girl Becomes Saguaro / William Blackwater 88 -- Feud / William Blackwater 89 -- Nasia's Twins / William Blackwater, Thomas Vanyiko 97 -- Cloud's Twins / William Blackwater 123 -- Rain's Twins / William Stevens 124 -- Rain's Twins / Clara Ahiel 126 -- 3 Pieces Afterward, on War 129 -- Koolhaa (or, The Orphan Boy) / William Blackwater, Thomas Vanyiko 133 -- Eagle Hawk Man / Thomas Vanyiko, William Blackwater 144 -- An Old Woman's Grandson Rescues His Mother / Clara Ahiel 153 -- Survivors / William Blackwater 155 -- 4 Coyote Tales 157 -- Coyote Marries the Hunter's Wives / William Blackwater 157 -- Red Racer Snake and Coyote / William Blackwater 160 -- Turtle and Coyote / William Stevens 161 -- Coyote and Frog / Clara Ahiel 162 -- Deer Planter / William Stevens 163 -- Lion and Coyote Rope Horses / William Blackwater 164 -- Coyote Is Pursued by Lion / William Blackwater 165 -- Coyote and the Turkeys / William Blackwater 166 -- Coyote and Buzzard / William Blackwater 167 -- Coyote and Buzzard (and the Apaches) / Oliver Wellington 169 -- Coyote and the Crows / William Blackwater 170 -- Bluebird and Coyote / William Blackwater 171 -- Coyote Eats His Own Bowels / Clara Ahiel 172 -- Mesquite Tree / William Blackwater 173 -- War of the Coyotes against the Sun / Thomas Vanyiko 174 -- 5 Oratory 175 -- Rain Ceremony / William Blackwater, Thomas Vanyiko 179 -- Navitcu / William Blackwater 182 -- Notes on the Navitcu / Ruth Benedict 182 -- Mountain Goat: A Rain Recitative / Thomas Vanyiko 183 -- Mountain Goat / William Blackwater 184 -- Notes on Rain Speeches and Rainmaking / Ruth Benedict 186 -- Speech of Elder Brother, after His Resurrection / William Blackwater 186 -- War Ritual: Speech of Elder Brother / Thomas Vanyiko 189 -- Speech of Elder Brother / Thomas Vanyikoo 191 -- Prophecy of Elder Brother / Thomas Vanyiko 192 -- War Recitative / Thomas Vanyiko 193 -- Nasia Speaks / William Blackwater 195 -- Welcome to the Aaduma Ceremony / Thomas Vanyiko 195 -- Welcome to the Aaduma Ceremony / William Blackwater 196 -- War Ritual / William Blackwater 198 -- War Ritual / Thomas Vanyiko 200 -- War Ritual / William Blackwater 201 -- Ritual for the First Water Allowed the Slayer in Purification Rites / William Blackwater 203 -- Notes on the Warriors' Purification / Ruth Benedict 204 -- Thanksgiving for Food / William Blackwater 205 -- Thanksgiving for Food / Kisto 206 -- Recitative of the Acquisition of Power / William Blackwater 207 -- Figures of Speech among the Pima / Ruth Benedict 208.