Havasupai Legends : Religion and Mythology of the Havasupai Indians of the Grand Canyon by Carma Lee Smithson and Robert C. Euler (2002, Trade Paperback)

University of Utah Press

0874804469

9780874804461

234327

152 Pages

Havasupai Legends : Religion and Mythology of the Havasupai Indians of the Grand Canyon

English

2002

Folklore & Mythology, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Anthropology / General

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Textbook

Social Science

Carma Lee Smithson, Robert C. Euler

Trade Paperback

0.7 in

9 Oz

9 in

6 in

Scholarly & Professional

93-041857

"Most noteworthy is Smithson's detailed description of a 1951 Havasupai funeral ceremony that reveals significant Mohave Indian influence." --The Western Library, "Most noteworthy is Smithson's detailed description of a 1951 Havasupai funeral ceremony that reveals significant Mohave Indian influence." --The Western Library  

20

College Freshman

Yes

398.2/089975

Preface Religion Sacred Places and Spirits Conceptions of the Soul Shamans and Illness Concepts of Disease and Illness Preventive Medicine Medicinal Therapy and Contraceptives The Sweatlodge and Its Therapeutic Functions Death and Funeral Customs The Funeral of Mexican Jack Dances Photographs Legends Origins Havasu Canyon Walls Closing Up Frog Rock Origin of Menstruation The Man Who Went After His Wife The Lady Who Could Have No Children Grandmother and Little Boy The Sun and His Daughters The Man Who Caught Himself in the Eagle's Nest Bear's Wife Turkey (or Eagle) Turkey (version 2) Fox and the Giant Bird Fox and His Brother Gila Monster and Hunter Hawk Porcupine Porcupine (version 2) Bat Coyote and His Family Coyote Steals the Heart of a Chief Coyote, Wolf, and Lion Coyote Packs a Pole Wolf, Coyote, Bat, and Elk The First Sweatlodge Coyote and Deer Coyote's Death Bibliography

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For almost seven hundred years, the Havasupai Indians, who call themselves People of the Blue Water, have lived in an area that includes the depths of the western Grand Canyon and the heights of the San Francisco Peaks. Here they inhabited the greatest altitude variation of any Indians in Southwestern America. Written in consultation with some of the last Havasupai shamans, this book details their religious beliefs, customs, and healing practices. A second section presents legends of the Havasupai origin, the first people, and tales of Coyote, Gila Monster, Bear, and others., For almost seven hundred years, the Havasupai Indians, who call themselves People of the Blue Water, have lived in an area that includes the depths of the western Grand Canyon and the heights of the San Francisco Peaks. Written in consultation with some of their last shamans, this book details their religious beliefs, customs and healing practices.

E99.H3S56 1994