Zuni Folk Tales

by Frank Hamilton Cushing

Overview

The Zuni are a Southwest American Indian nation. Their spiritual beliefs center around elaborate ceremonies for fertility and rain, comprised of a yearly cycle of ritual dances by masked dancing gods called Kachinas. This section provides detailed ethographic descriptions of Zuni spiritual beliefs, which permeate every aspect of their culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788822809124
Publisher:	Stargatebook
Publication date:	08/07/2017
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

Editorial Reviews

"More than 30 tales, each presenting an aspect of Zuni belief, is in this collection. Frank Cushing visited the Territory with a Smithsonian expedition and stayed five years absorbing the culture and the mythology of the people. He translates the dignity of the Indian lore to the dignity of disciplined English and our language and their mythology is enhanced."—Press-Journal (Florida)"The fortuitous juxtaposition of Cushing's investigative genius and the Indian soul causes this work to be regarded as state-of-the-art anthropology."—Books of the Southwest

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