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Navaho Legends

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Navaho Legends is one of the earliest collections of Navajo oral traditions in English, and still the best. Originally published in 1897, Washington Matthews's sensitive translation contains extensive versions of the Original Legend and two other tales. These richly detailed legends remain among the most complete sources of Navajo cultural, ritual, and ceremonial information. This edition is fully faithful to the original, containing Matthews's introduction, extensive notes, interlinear prayer translations, musical notations, and index, plus a new note on orthography by Robert Young.
Washington Matthews (1843-1905), U.S. Army Major and Surgeon, was based in the Southwest for a number of years. Conversant in Navajo, he was one of the earliest recorders of Navajo culture. Grace McNeley was born and raised in Shiprock, New Mexico.
Illustrations Foreword Introduction LEGENDS The Navaho Origin Legend I. The Story of the Emergence II. The Early Events in the Fifth World III. The War Gods IV. Growth of the Navaho Nation Natinesthani The Great Shell of Kintyel Notes Bibliographic Notes Melodies Index A Note on Orthography
"Nearly a century old, Matthews's collection remains an essential reference for students of the Navajo culture."--Books of the Southwest "The foundation for much of the subsequent scholarship on Navajo. Valuable contributions to the study of Southwest Native Americans." --Journal of the West
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