01820cam a2200337 i 4500 1262039986 TxAuBib 840110t19841950||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 73001799 9780804006415 0804006415 9780804001960 0804001960 (OCoLC)18514 TxAuBib rda Waters, Frank, 1902-1995, author. Masked gods : Navaho and Pueblo ceremonialism / Frank Waters ; [illustrations and calligraphy by Ralph Douglas]. 2nd edition. Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, [1984] ©1950. 432 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Foreword -- Introduction : the masked gods -- Part one : the masks -- Part two : the gods -- Part three : man, mask and god. Masked gods is a vast book, a challenging and profoundly original account of the history, legends, and ceremonialism of the Navaho and Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Following a brief but vivid history of the two tribes through the centuries of conquest, the book turns inward to the meaning of Indian legends and rituals : Navaho sings, Pueblo dances, Zuni kachina ceremonies. Enduring still, these rituals and ceremonies express a view of life, of man's place in the creation, which is compared with Taoism and Buddhism, and with the aggressive individualism of the Western world. - Back cover. Navajo Indians Rites and ceremonies. Pueblo Indians Rites and ceremonies. Indians of North America Southwest, New Rites and ceremonies.