The Book of the Hopi
by Waters, Frank (Author)Format: Paperback
Publisher(s): Penguin (Non-Classics)
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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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