Author : Franc Johnson Newcomb
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 33,38 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826312310
In this marvelous collection, Franc Newcomb recounts some of the many folk tales she heard during long winter evenings at Blue Mesa.
Author : Aileen O'Bryan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 36,38 MB
Release : 1993-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780486275925
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 : Dorothy Childs Hogner
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 15,42 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781258896591
This is a new release of the original 1938 edition.
Author : Jerrie Oughton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 13,24 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780395779385
A retelling of the Navaho legend that explains the patterns of the stars in the sky.
Author : Paul G. Zolbrod
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 37,95 MB
Release : 1987-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826325033
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 : Raymond Friday Locke
Publisher : Roundtable Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,95 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
Author : Raymond Friday Locke
Publisher : Holloway House Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2001-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780876875070
Author :
Publisher : Kiva Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,91 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781885772091
Originally published in 1956, this classic volume presents the essence of the Navajo Way, its stories and traditions. The stories are complemented by Navajo artist Andy Tsihnajinnie's line drawings, Dr. Joseph Henderson's psychological commentary, and Linle's first-hand observations of Navajo ceremonial life.
Author : Anita Yasuda
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1614789312
The Navajo people often told stories that taught the listener the tribe's customs and history. In this hero myth, the story of the twins who saved Earth from the monsters leading to the creation of the Navajo clans is shared. The Navajo hero myth is retold in this brilliantly illustrated Native American Myth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Short Tales is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Author : Washington Matthews
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 13,52 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
