Mytholodgy and values : an analysis of Navaho chantway myths
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Mytholodgy and values : an analysis of Navaho chantway myths
（Memoirs of the American folklore society, v. 48）
American Folklore Society, 1957
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Bibliography: p. 235-240
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Description
In this book, Katherine Spencer examines Navaho cultural values by studying a specific subset of Navaho mythology: chantway myths, part of ceremonies performed to cure illness. She begins with a summary of the general plot construction of chantway myths and the value themes presented in these plots, then discusses "explanatory elements" inserted by the narrators of the myths. She continues with a deeper analysis of the cultural value judgements conveyed by these myths. At the end of the book, Spencer includes abstracts of the myths she discusses.
Table of Contents
Preface
I. Introduction
II. Navaho Chantway Myths
III. Plot Construction and Value Themes
The Pattern of Plot Construction
A. The Hero's Predicament
B. The Hero's Rescue and Acquisition of Power
C. The Hero's Family and Affinal Relations
Value Themes
A. Health and Illness
B. Power and Knowledge
C. Family Relationships
D. Self-Assertion and Responsibility
IV. Explanatory Elements
Health, Fertility, Ritual Observance, Sex and Family Relations, Aggression, Irresponsibility, Property, Animal Origins, Miscellaneous
V. Sanctions and standards
Introduction
Subsistence and Property
A. Subsistence
B. Poverty
C. Responsibility
Sex and Marriage
Family and Kin
A. Parents and Children
B. Siblings
Some Aspects of Interpersonal Relations
A. Companionship and Hospitality
B. Aggression
VI. Conclusions
Review of Findings
Discussion of Theoretical Problems
VII. Abstracts of Chantway Myths
Hail Way
Water Way
Male Shooting Way
Big Star Way
Mountaintop Way
Prostitution Way
Moth Way
Beauty Way
Night Way
The Visionary
The Stricken Twins
Plume Way
Navaho Wind Way
Chiricahua Wind Way
Eagle Way
Bead Way
Flint Way
Ghostway Ritual of Male Shooting Way
Enemy Way
VIII. References
Notes
Bibliography
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