Navaho Indian myths /
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Uniform title: | Dîné. |
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Imprint: | New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 1993. |
Description: | vii, 187 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1502968 |
Summary: | 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. |
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Item Description: | Myths told by Sandoval, Hastin Tloʹtsi hee (Old Man Buffalo Grass) to Aileen O'Bryan in late Nov. 1928. Originally published: The Dîné. Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1956, in series: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin ; 163. |
Physical Description: | vii, 187 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-187). |
ISBN: | 0486275922 (pbk.) : $5.95 |