Havasupai legends : religion and mythology of the Havasupai Indians of the Grand Canyon / Carma Lee Smithson and Robert C. Euler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smithson, Carma Lee.

Contributor:

Euler, Robert C.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Standardized Title:

Havasupai religion and mythology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Havasupai Indians--Folklore.

Havasupai Indians.

Havasupai mythology.

Genre:

Myths and legends.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 123, [2] p., [13] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c1994.

Contents:

Religion. Sacred Places and Spirits. Conceptions of the Soul. Shamans and Illness. Concepts of Disease and Illness. Preventive Medicine. Medicinal Therapy and Contraceptives. The Sweatlodge and Its Therapeutic Functions. Death and Funeral Customs. The Funeral of Mexican Jack. Dances

Legends. Origins. Havasu Canyon Walls Closing Up. Frog Rock. Origin of Menstruation. The Man Who Went After His Wife. The Lady Who Could Have No Children. Grandmother and Little Boy. The Sun and His Daughters. The Man Who Caught Himself in the Eagle's Nest. Bear's Wife. Turkey (or Eagle). Turkey (version 2). Fox and the Giant Bird. Fox and His Brother. Gila Monster and Hunter Hawk. Porcupine. Porcupine (version 2). Bat. Coyote and His Family. Coyote Steals the Heart of a Chief. Coyote, Wolf, and Lion. Coyote Packs a Pole. Wolf, Coyote, Bat, and Elk. The First Sweatlodge. Coyote and Deer. Coyote's Death.

Notes:

Originally published: Havasupai religion and mythology. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, 1964, in series: University of Utah anthropological papers ; no. 68.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]).

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

ISBN:

0874804469

9780874804461

OCLC:

29315546