Navajo Ceremonial Songs : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next p. 127 NAVAJO CEREMONIAL SONGS BASED ON THE CREATION MYTH p. 128 The following songs, from the Museum's collection of over 1500 records, have been selected to show the connection between the songs used in Navajo ceremonials and the Creati...
Glossary Of Navajo Creation Myth : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous p. 210 GLOSSARY OF NAVAJO CREATION MYTH PRONUNCIATION a as in ah ay as in say e as in end ai as in aisle i as in Inn g always hard, as in go o as in old j as in English u as in Yule zh soft z, like French in Juliet NASAL SOUNDS anh, anse like...
Notes On Approximate Locations Where Navajo : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next p. 207 NOTES ON APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS WHERE NAVAJO CEREMONIES ARE NOW GIVEN It has been suggested that it would be interesting to students of Navajo customs to have a list of the major types of ceremonies with the locations on the reservati...
General Introduction : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next p. 15 GENERAL INTRODUCTION NAVAJO MYTHS In approaching the study of this religion, two things are helpful. The first is a respect for it as one of the many great efforts of man to attempt to explain his immediate world, and to adjust himself...
The Story Of The Emergence : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next p. 37 NAVAJO CREATION MYTH THE STORY OF THE EMERGENCE "HAHDENIGAI-HUNAI" p. 38 p. 39 THE STORY OF THE EMERGENCE FIRST WORLD The story starts in the Running-Pitch place or Jah-dokonth. Hashjeshjin, the son of the Fire, whose mother is a Comet...
Title Page : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Next NAVAJO CREATION MYTH THE STORY OF THE EMERGENCE By HASTEEN KLAH Recorded By Mary C. Wheelwright NAVAJO RELIGION SERIES Volume I [Santa Fe, 1942] Next
Hozhonji.Blessing Chant : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next p. 163 HOZHONJI--BLESSING CHANT p. 164 p. 165 HOZHONJI--BLESSING CHANT I The myth material of the Hozhonji is from the Navajo Creation Myth, or Story of the Emergence. This is the foundation of the Navajo religion and the explanati...
Preface : Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo Index Previous Next p. 9 PREFACE Though I had planned not to appear except as a recording agent in this publication of my work of seventeen years, I have been told that it is necessary to give some account of the origin and reason for my interest in the work. I...