Authors: Frank Waters
ISBN-13: 9780140045277, ISBN-10: 0140045279
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: June 1977
Edition: Reprint
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.
Foreword | v | |
Introduction | ix | |
Part 1 | The Myths: Creation of the Four Worlds | |
1. | Tokpela: The First World | 3 |
2. | Tokpa: The Second World | 12 |
3. | Kuskurza: The Third World | 17 |
4. | Tuwaqachi: The Fourth World | 21 |
5. | Commentary: The Symbol of the Emergence | 23 |
Part 2 | The Legends: Migrations of the Clans | |
1. | The Four Migrations | 31 |
2. | North to the Back Door | 37 |
3. | The Badger and the Sacred Spruce | 47 |
4. | Migrations of the Bird Clans | 54 |
5. | Wenima and the Short Rainbow | 59 |
6. | The Mysterious Red City of the South | 67 |
7. | The Journey of the Twins | 72 |
8. | The Snake and Lizard Clans | 87 |
9. | The Bow and Arrowshaft Clans | 90 |
10. | The Coyote-Swallow Race at Sikyatki | 97 |
11. | The Ancient Record | 103 |
12. | The Founding of Oraibi | 109 |
13. | Commentary: The Hopi Clan | 113 |
Part 3 | The Mystery Plays: The Ceremonial Cycle | |
1. | Elemental Symbols | 125 |
2. | Wuwuchim | 137 |
3. | Soyal | 154 |
4. | The Kachina Night Dances | 165 |
5. | Powamu | 174 |
6. | The Road of Life | 189 |
7. | Niman Kachina | 198 |
8. | The Flute Ceremony | 210 |
9. | The Snake-Antelope Ceremony | 218 |
10. | Lakon, Marawu, and Owaqlt | 231 |
11. | The Ya Ya Ceremony | 239 |
Part 4 | The History: The Lost White Brother | |
1. | The Coming of the Castillas | 251 |
2. | The Destruction of Awatovi | 258 |
3. | Arrival of the Americans | 270 |
4. | Westward March of Empire | 278 |
5. | The Betrayal of Lololma | 286 |
6. | A Test of Prophecy | 293 |
7. | The Split at Oraibi | 301 |
8. | The Imprisonment of Yukioma | 307 |
9. | The Indian Reorganization Act | 314 |
10. | The Flag Still Flies | 322 |
11. | Recommendations and Prophecies | 329 |
Hopi Alphabet | 339 | |
Glossary | 340 |