Masked Gods
Author | : Frank Waters |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1970 |
ISBN-10 | : UCSC:32106019079927 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Masked Gods written by Frank Waters and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masked gods is a vast book, a challenging and profoundly original account of the history, legends, and ceremonialism of the Navaho and Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Following a brief but vivid history of the two tribes through the centuries of conquest, the book turns inward to the meaning of Indian legends and rituals : Navaho sings, Pueblo dances, Zuni kachina ceremonies. Enduring still, these rituals and ceremonies express a view of life, of man's place in the creation, which is compared with Taoism and Buddhism, and with the aggressive individualism of the Western world.