Book of the Hopi

Name: Book of the Hopi
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ISBN: 9780140045277

ISBN-10: 0140045279

ISBN-13: 9780140045277

Edition: 1978

Authors: Frank Waters

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In this strange and wonderful book, thirty elders of the ancient Hopi tribe of Northern Arizona -- a people who regard themselves as the first inhabitants of America -- freely reveal the Hopi worldview for the first time in written form. The Hopi kept this view a secret for countless centuries, and anthropologists have long struggled to understand it. Now they record their myths and legends, and the meaning of their religious rituals and ceremonies, as a gift to future generations. Here is a reassertion of a rhythm of life we have disastrously tried to ignore and instincts we have tragically repressed; and a reminder that we must attune ourselves to the need for inner change if we are to…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1978
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/30/1977
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.10" wide x 7.70" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction



The Myths: Creation of the Four Worlds



Tokpela: The First World



Tokpa: The Second World



Kuskurza: The Third World



Tuwaqachi: The Fourth World



Commentary: The Symbol of the Emergence



The Legends: Migrations of the Clans



The Four Migrations



North to the Back Door



The Badger and the Sacred Spruce



Migrations of the Bird Clans



Wenima and the Short Rainbow



The Mysterious Red City of the South



The Journey of the Twins



The Snake and Lizard Clans



The Bow and Arrowshaft Clans



The Coyote-Swallow Race at Sikyatki



The Ancient Record



The Founding of Oraibi



Commentary: The Hopi Clan



The Mystery Plays: The Ceremonial Cycle



Elemental Symbols



Wuwuchim



Soyal



The Kachina Night Dances



Powamu



The Road of Life



Niman Kachina



The Flute Ceremony



The Snake-Antelope Ceremony



Lakon, Marawu, and Owaqlt



The Ya Ya Ceremony



The History: The Lost White Brother



The Coming of the Castillas



The Destruction of Awatovi



Arrival of the Americans



Westward March of Empire



The Betrayal of Lololma



A Test of Prophecy



The Split at Oraibi



The Imprisonment of Yukioma



The Indian Reorganization Act



The Flag Still Flies



Recommendations and Prophecies


Hopi Alphabet


Glossary