Author: Aileen O'Bryan
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1993-06-14
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780486275925
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: Washington Matthews
Publisher:
Published: 1974
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780527010577
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: Washington Matthews
Publisher: Morison Press
Published: 2010-06
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 1446015823
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author: Paul G. Zolbrod
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 1987-12-01
Total Pages: 443
ISBN-13: 0826325033
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: Aileen O’Bryan
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-05-04
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0486142094
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rich compilation of Navaho origin and creation myths, recorded directly from a tribal elder: "The Creation of the Sun and Moon," "The Maiden who Became a Bear," and many more.