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The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi

by Hattie Greene Lockett

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  1. 1I — Introduction — General Statement
  2. 2The Challenge: Need of Research on Basic Beliefs Underlying Ceremonies
  3. 3The Myth, Its Meaning and Function in Primitive Life
  4. 4Their Country — The People
  5. 5Government
  6. 6The Clan and Marriage
  7. 7Property, Lands, Houses, Divorce
  8. 8Woman’s Work
  9. 9Man’s Work
  10. 10Stability
  11. 11Intrusion of Contemporary Material
  12. 12How and Why Myths Are Kept
  13. 13Service of Myth
  14. 14Hopi Story-Telling
  15. 15Gods and Kachinas
  16. 16Religion Not for Morality
  17. 17Beliefs and Ceremonials
  18. 18The Emergence Myth and the Wu-wu-che-ma Ceremony
  19. 19Some Migration Myths
  20. 20Flute Ceremony and Tradition
  21. 21Other Dances
  22. 22The Snake Myth and the Snake Dance
  23. 23A Flood and Turkey Feathers
  24. 24Birth
  25. 25Marriage
  26. 26Burial

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