Zusatztext "Deeply steeped in Hopi mysticism...Combine(s) Hopi art! history! tradition! myth! folklore! and ceremonialism with dignity and authority...Deserves to be part of the library of any student of the American Southwest." American Anthropologist Informationen zum Autor Frank Waters (19021995) was a writer best known for his novels and historical writings about the American Southwest. His most notable works are the novel The Man Who Killed the Deer , and the nonfiction books Mexico Mystique: The Coming Sixth World of Consciousness and Book of the Hopi . In 1993, a nonprofit foundation was established in his name to foster literary and artistic achievements in the Southwest. Klappentext The secrets of the Hopi "road of life" revealed for the first time in written form 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. Zusammenfassung The secrets of the Hopi "road of life" revealed for the first time in written form In this strange and wonderful book! thirty elders of the ancient Hopi tribe of Northern Arizonaa people who regard themselves as the first inhabitants of Americafreely 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Frederick H. Howell Introduction Part One. The Myths: Creation of the Four Worlds 1. Tokpela: The First World 2. Tokpa: The Second World 3. Kuskurza: The Third World 4. Túwaqachi: The Fourth World 5. Commentary: The Symbol of the Emergence Part Two. The Legends: Migrations of the Clans 1. The Four Migrations 2. North to the Back Door 3. The Badger and the Sacred Spruce 4. Migrations of the Bird Clans 5. Wénima and the Short Rainbow 6. The Mysterious Red City of the South 7. The Journey of the Twins 8. The Snake and Lizard Clans 9. The Bow and Arrowshaft Clans 10. The Coyote-Swallow Race at Sikyatki 11. The Ancient Record 12. The Founding of Oraibi 13. Commentary: The Hopi Clan Part Three. The Mystery Plays: The Ceremonial Cycle 1. Elemental Symbols 2. Wúwuchim 3. Soyál 4. The Kachina Night Dances 5. Powamu 6. The Road of Life 7. Niman Kachina 8. The Flute Ceremony 9. The Snake-Antelope Ceremony 10. Lakón, Márawu, and Owaqlt 11. The Ya Ya Ceremony Part Four. The History: The Lost White Brother 1. The Coming of the Castillas 2. The Destruction of Awatovi 3. Arrival of the Americans 4. Westward March of Empire 5. The Betrayal of Lololma 6. A Test of Prophecy 7. The Split at Oraibi 8. The Imprisonment of Yukioma 9. The Indian Reorganization Act 10. The Flag Still Flies<...

"Deeply steeped in Hopi mysticism...Combine(s) Hopi art, history, tradition, myth, folklore, and ceremonialism with dignity and authority...Deserves to be part of the library of any student of the American Southwest."
—American Anthropologist

Autorentext
Frank Waters (1902–1995) was a writer best known for his novels and historical writings about the American Southwest. His most notable works are the novel The Man Who Killed the Deer, and the nonfiction books Mexico Mystique: The Coming Sixth World of Consciousness and Book of the Hopi. In 1993, a nonprofit foundation was established in his name to foster literary and artistic achievements in the Southwest.

Klappentext

The secrets of the Hopi "road of life" revealed for the first time in written form

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.

Inhalt
Foreword by Frederick H. Howell
Introduction
Part One. The Myths: Creation of the Four Worlds

1. Tokpela: The First World
2. Tokpa: The Second World
3. Kuskurza: The Third World
4. Túwaqachi: The Fourth World
5. Commentary: The Symbol of the Emergence

Part Two. The Legends: Migrations of the Clans

1. The Four Migrations
2. North to the Back Door
3. The Badger and the Sacred Spruce
4. Migrations of the Bird Clans
5. Wénima and the Short Rainbow
6. The Mysterious Red City of the South
7. The Journey of the Twins
8. The Snake and Lizard Clans
9. The Bow and Arrowshaft Clans
10. The Coyote-Swallow Race at Sikyatki
11. The Ancient Record
12. The Founding of Oraibi
13. Commentary: The Hopi Clan
    Part Three. The Mystery Plays: The Ceremonial Cycle
14. Elemental Symbols
15. Wúwuchim
16. Soyál
17. The Kachina Night Dances
18. Powamu
19. The Road of Life
20. Niman Kachina
21. The Flute Ceremony
22. The Snake-Antelope Ceremony
23. Lakón, Márawu, and Owaqlt
24. The Ya Ya Ceremony
    Part Four. The History: The Lost White Brother
25. The Coming of the Castillas
26. The Destruction of Awatovi
27. Arrival of the Americans
28. Westward March of Empire
29. The Betrayal of Lololma
30. A Test of Prophecy
31. The Split at Oraibi
32. The Imprisonment of Yukioma
33. The Indian Reorganization Act
34. The Flag Still Flies
35. Recommendations and Prophecies
    Hopi Alphabet
    Glossary