Contents
LIST OF TABLES
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
The Navajo and Their Religion
BRANCH, PHASE, AND RITUAL OF MOUNTAINWAY
THE USES OF MOUNTAINWAY
CEREMONIAL PROCEDURE IN MOUNTAINWAY
About the Ceremonial by Yucca Patch Man
The Songs of Mountainway
Prayersticks
THE SANDPAINTINGS OF MOUNTAINWAY
Reproductions of Mountainway Sand paintings
Color, Sex, and Directional Symbolism
Symbols and Designs in Mountainway Sandpaintings
Locality Centers
Guardians
Paired Guardians of the East
Summary of Symbolism
THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE MOUNTAINWAY
The Pueblo War
Minor Mythic Motifs of the Ute Captivity
Protagonist Feigns Death and Raised by Owl
THE GEOGRAPHY OF MOUNTAINWAY
Preamble
Coyote Died
Old Man Owl Raised Him
Warnings
He Became a Ute
REFERENCES
INDEX