The Book of the Hopi

by Waters, Frank (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780140045277
• ISBN10: 0140045279
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1977-06-01
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Summary

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 avert a cataclysmic rupture between our minds and hearts. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Frederick H. Howell
Introduction	ix
PART ONE. THE MYTHS: Creation of the Four Worlds
Tokpela: The First World	3	(9)
Tokpa: The Second World	12	(5)
Kuskurza: The Third World	17	(4)
Tuwaqachi: The Fourth World	21	(2)
Commentary: The Symbol of the Emergence	23	(8)
PART TWO. THE LEGENDS: Migrations of the Clans
The Four Migrations	31	(6)
North to the Back Door	37	(10)
The Badger and the Sacred Spruce	47	(7)
Migrations of the Bird Clans	54	(5)
Wenima and the Short Rainbow	59	(8)
The Mysterious Red City of the South	67	(5)
The Journey of the Twins	72	(15)
The Snake and Lizard Clans	87	(3)
The Bow and Arrowshaft Clans	90	(7)
The Coyote-Swallow Race at Sikyatki	97	(6)
The Ancient Record	103	(6)
The Founding of Oraibi	109	(4)
Commentary: The Hopi Clan	113	(12)
PART THREE. THE MYSTERY PLAYS: The Ceremonial Cycle
Elemental Symbols	125	(12)
Wuwuchim	137	(17)
Soyal	154	(11)
The Kachina Night Dances	165	(9)
Powamu	174	(15)
The Road of Life	189	(9)
Niman Kachina	198	(12)
The Flute Ceremony	210	(8)
The Snake-Antelope Ceremony	218	(13)
Lakon, Marawu, and Owaqlt	231	(8)
The Ya Ya Ceremony	239	(12)
PART FOUR. THE HISTORY: The Lost White Brother
The Coming of the Castillas	251	(7)
The Destruction of Awatovi	258	(12)
Arrival of the Americans	270	(8)
Westward March of Empire	278	(8)
The Betrayal of Lololma	286	(7)
A Test of Prophecy	293	(8)
The Split at Oraibi	301	(6)
The Imprisonment of Yukioma	307	(7)
The Indian Reorganization Act	314	(8)
The Flag Still Flies	322	(7)
Recommendations and Prophecies	329	(10)
Hopi Alphabet	339	(1)
Glossary	340