Emergence myth according to the Hanelthnayhe or Upward-reaching rite
By: recorded by Berard Haile ; rewritten by Mary C. Wheelwright ; with 13 serigraph color plates by Louie Ewing, after sand paintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb, Mrs. John Wetherell and Laura A. Armer.
Contributors: Haile, Berard, 1874-1961.; Begay, Gishin.; Ewing, Louie H., illustrator.
Series: Navajo religion series ;; 3
Publisher: Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art
Published: 1949
Place of publication: Santa Fe, N.M
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Navajo mythology.; Navajo Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Emergence myth I: According to the Hanelthnayhe or Upward-reaching rite, told by Gishin Begay to Berard Haile, rewritten by M.C.W.; title: The Hanelthnayhe be'Hotchonji, by Berard Haile.; title: Myth II: Hanelthnayhe (Hotchonji) myth and ceremony, told by Dinneh Nez Begay, medicine man for Male bear chant, recorded by M.C.W.; title: Myth III. Hotchonji myth (Bakaji) of Hanelthnayhe, given by Louis Big Man (Etsay Tso) recorded by M.C.W.; title: Natahanal-yazi, "Next to the corn" ceremony, recorded by M.C.W.; title: Commentary on Emergence myth I, by M.C. Wheelwright.; title: Sand paintings.; title: Appendix: Taomotuan concepts of creation, by K.P. Emory. References to Changing Bear Maiden. Glossary.