Sacred-Texts Native American Navajo
NAVAJO CREATION MYTH
The Story of the Emergence
By Hasteen Klah
Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright
[1942, copyright not renewed]
Title Page
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
General Introduction
THE STORY OF THE EMERGENCE
NAVAJO CEREMONIAL SONGS
HOZHONJI—BLESSING CHANT
SANDPAINTINGS FROM THE HOZHONJI—BLESSING CHANT *
NOTES ON APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS WHERE NAVAJO CEREMONIES ARE NOW GIVEN
GLOSSARY OF NAVAJO CREATION MYTH
* Note: The copy from which this electronic version was produced was a black and white copy of an original. Unfortunately, there are 15 full-color reproductions of sand-paintings in the original which could not be taken from that copy. Also, there were captions to the text in the margins throughout the book that are not reproduced in this version.