The Book of the Hopi

by Waters, Frank (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780670003655
• ISBN10: 0670003654
• Format: Paperback
• 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	p. v
Introduction	p. ix
The Myths: Creation of the Four Worlds
Tokpela: The First World	p. 3
Tokpa: The Second World	p. 12
Kuskurza: The Third World	p. 17
Tuwaqachi: The Fourth World	p. 21
Commentary: The Symbol of the Emergence	p. 23
The Legends: Migrations of the Clans
The Four Migrations	p. 31
North to the Back Door	p. 37
The Badger and the Sacred Spruce	p. 47
Migrations of the Bird Clans	p. 54
Wenima and the Short Rainbow	p. 59
The Mysterious Red City of the South	p. 67
The Journey of the Twins	p. 72
The Snake and Lizard Clans	p. 87
The Bow and Arrowshaft Clans	p. 90
The Coyote-Swallow Race at Sikyatki	p. 97
The Ancient Record	p. 103
The Founding of Oraibi	p. 109
Commentary: The Hopi Clan	p. 113
The Mystery Plays: The Ceremonial Cycle
Elemental Symbols	p. 125
Wuwuchim	p. 137
Soyal	p. 154
The Kachina Night Dances	p. 165
Powamu	p. 174
The Road of Life	p. 189
Niman Kachina	p. 198
The Flute Ceremony	p. 210
The Snake-Antelope Ceremony	p. 218
Lakon, Marawu, and Owaqlt	p. 231
The Ya Ya Ceremony	p. 239
The History: The Lost White Brother
The Coming of the Castillas	p. 251
The Destruction of Awatovi	p. 258
Arrival of the Americans	p. 270
Westward March of Empire	p. 278
The Betrayal of Lololma	p. 286
A Test of Prophecy	p. 293
The Split at Oraibi	p. 301
The Imprisonment of Yukioma	p. 307
The Indian Reorganization Act	p. 314
The Flag Still Flies	p. 322
Recommendations and Prophecies	p. 329
Hopi Alphabet	p. 339
Glossary	p. 340
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