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Mythology and Values: An Analysis of Navaho Chantway Myths

Mythology and Values: An Analysis of Navaho Chantway Myths

Paperback

Series: American Folklore Society Memoir

Native American HistoryAnthropologyMythology & Folklore

ISBN10: 0292735286
ISBN13: 9780292735286
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: Jan 1 1957
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In this book, Katherine Spencer examines Navaho cultural values by studying a specific subset of Navaho mythology: chantway myths, part of ceremonies performed to cure illness. She begins with a summary of the general plot construction of chantway myths and the value themes presented in these plots., then discusses explanatory elements inserted by the narrators of the myths. She continues with a deeper analysis of the cultural value judgements conveyed by these myths. At the end of the book, Spencer includes abstracts of the myths she discusses.

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