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    The Book of the Hopi

    by Frank Waters

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    • ISBN-13: 9780140045277
    • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
    • Publication date: 06/28/1977
    • Edition description: Reprint
    • Pages: 384
    • Sales rank: 60,529
    • Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.60(d)
    • Age Range: 18Years

    Table of Contents

    Foreword by Frederick H. Howell
    Introduction
    Part One. The Myths: Creation of the Four Worlds
    1. Tokpela: The First World
    2. Tokpa: The Second World
    3. Kuskurza: The Third World
    4. Túwaqachi: The Fourth World
    5. Commentary: The Symbol of the Emergence

    Part Two. The Legends: Migrations of the Clans
    1. The Four Migrations
    2. North to the Back Door
    3. The Badger and the Sacred Spruce
    4. Migrations of the Bird Clans
    5. Wénima and the Short Rainbow
    6. The Mysterious Red City of the South
    7. The Journey of the Twins
    8. The Snake and Lizard Clans
    9. The Bow and Arrowshaft Clans
    10. The Coyote-Swallow Race at Sikyatki
    11. The Ancient Record
    12. The Founding of Oraibi
    13. Commentary: The Hopi Clan
    Part Three. The Mystery Plays: The Ceremonial Cycle
    1. Elemental Symbols
    2. Wúwuchim
    3. Soyál
    4. The Kachina Night Dances
    5. Powamu
    6. The Road of Life
    7. Niman Kachina
    8. The Flute Ceremony
    9. The Snake-Antelope Ceremony
    10. Lakón, Márawu, and Owaqlt
    11. The Ya Ya Ceremony
    Part Four. The History: The Lost White Brother
    1. The Coming of the Castillas
    2. The Destruction of Awatovi
    3. Arrival of the Americans
    4. Westward March of Empire
    5. The Betrayal of Lololma
    6. A Test of Prophecy
    7. The Split at Oraibi
    8. The Imprisonment of Yukioma
    9. The Indian Reorganization Act
    10. The Flag Still Flies
    11. Recommendations and Prophecies
    Hopi Alphabet
    Glossary

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    In this unique collection, some thirty Hopi elders reveal for the first time in written form the Hopi world-view.

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