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Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo IndiansbyJames StevensonEdition 1, (September 2006)ContentsINTRODUCTION.CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEDICINE LODGE.FIRST DAY.PERSONATORS OF THE GODS.SECOND DAY.DESCRIPTION OF THE SWEAT HOUSES.SWEAT HOUSES AND MASKS.PREPARATION OF THE SACRED REEDS (CIGARETTE) AND PRAYER STICKS.THIRD DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.THIRD CEREMONY.FOURTH CEREMONY.FOURTH DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.THIRD CEREMONY.FOURTH CEREMONY.FIFTH CEREMONY.SIXTH CEREMONY.FIFTH DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.THIRD CEREMONY.SIXTH DAY.SEVENTH DAY.EIGHTH DAY.NINTH DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.SONG OF THE ETSETHLE.PRAYER TO THE ETSETHLE.CONCLUSION - THE DANCE.MYTHS OF THE NAVAJO.CREATION OF THE SUN.HASJELTI AND HOSTJOGHON.THE FLOATING LOGS.NAIYENESGONY AND TOBAIDISCHINNI.THE BROTHERS.THE OLD MAN AND WOMAN OF THE FIRST WORLD.IllustrationsFIG. 115. Exterior lodge.FIG. 116. Interior lodge.FIG. 117. Gaming ring.FIG. 118. Sweat house.PLATE CXII. A, Rainbow over eastern sweat house; B, Rainbow over western sweat housePLATE CXIII. Blanket rug and medicine tubesPLATE CXIV. Blanket rug and medicine tubesPLATE CXV. Masks: 1, Naiyenesyong; 2, 3, Tobaidischinne; 4, 5, Hasjelti; 6, Hostjoghon; 7, Hostjobokon; 8, HostjoboardPLATE CXVI. Blanket rug and medicine tubesPLATE CXVII. 1, Pine boughs on sand bed; 2, Apache basket containing yucca suds lined with corn pollen; 3, Basket of water surface covered with pine needlesPLATE CXVIII. Blanket rug and medicine tubes and sticksPLATE CXIX. Blanket rug and medicine tubePLATE CXX. First sand paintingPLATE CXXI. Second sand paintingPLATE CXXII. Third sand paintingPLATE CXXIII. Fourth sand painting

Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo IndiansbyJames StevensonEdition 1, (September 2006)ContentsINTRODUCTION.CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEDICINE LODGE.FIRST DAY.PERSONATORS OF THE GODS.SECOND DAY.DESCRIPTION OF THE SWEAT HOUSES.SWEAT HOUSES AND MASKS.PREPARATION OF THE SACRED REEDS (CIGARETTE) AND PRAYER STICKS.THIRD DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.THIRD CEREMONY.FOURTH CEREMONY.FOURTH DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.THIRD CEREMONY.FOURTH CEREMONY.FIFTH CEREMONY.SIXTH CEREMONY.FIFTH DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.THIRD CEREMONY.SIXTH DAY.SEVENTH DAY.EIGHTH DAY.NINTH DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.SONG OF THE ETSETHLE.PRAYER TO THE ETSETHLE.CONCLUSION - THE DANCE.MYTHS OF THE NAVAJO.CREATION OF THE SUN.HASJELTI AND HOSTJOGHON.THE FLOATING LOGS.NAIYENESGONY AND TOBAIDISCHINNI.THE BROTHERS.THE OLD MAN AND WOMAN OF THE FIRST WORLD.IllustrationsFIG. 115. Exterior lodge.FIG. 116. Interior lodge.FIG. 117. Gaming ring.FIG. 118. Sweat house.PLATE CXII. A, Rainbow over eastern sweat house; B, Rainbow over western sweat housePLATE CXIII. Blanket rug and medicine tubesPLATE CXIV. Blanket rug and medicine tubesPLATE CXV. Masks: 1, Naiyenesyong; 2, 3, Tobaidischinne; 4, 5, Hasjelti; 6, Hostjoghon; 7, Hostjobokon; 8, HostjoboardPLATE CXVI. Blanket rug and medicine tubesPLATE CXVII. 1, Pine boughs on sand bed; 2, Apache basket containing yucca suds lined with corn pollen; 3, Basket of water surface covered with pine needlesPLATE CXVIII. Blanket rug and medicine tubes and sticksPLATE CXIX. Blanket rug and medicine tubePLATE CXX. First sand paintingPLATE CXXI. Second sand paintingPLATE CXXII. Third sand paintingPLATE CXXIII. Fourth sand painting

Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo IndiansbyJames StevensonEdition 1, (September 2006)

Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians

Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians

byJames Stevenson

Edition 1, (September 2006)

ContentsINTRODUCTION.CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEDICINE LODGE.FIRST DAY.PERSONATORS OF THE GODS.SECOND DAY.DESCRIPTION OF THE SWEAT HOUSES.SWEAT HOUSES AND MASKS.PREPARATION OF THE SACRED REEDS (CIGARETTE) AND PRAYER STICKS.THIRD DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.THIRD CEREMONY.FOURTH CEREMONY.FOURTH DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.THIRD CEREMONY.FOURTH CEREMONY.FIFTH CEREMONY.SIXTH CEREMONY.FIFTH DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.THIRD CEREMONY.SIXTH DAY.SEVENTH DAY.EIGHTH DAY.NINTH DAY.FIRST CEREMONY.SECOND CEREMONY.SONG OF THE ETSETHLE.PRAYER TO THE ETSETHLE.CONCLUSION - THE DANCE.MYTHS OF THE NAVAJO.CREATION OF THE SUN.HASJELTI AND HOSTJOGHON.THE FLOATING LOGS.NAIYENESGONY AND TOBAIDISCHINNI.THE BROTHERS.THE OLD MAN AND WOMAN OF THE FIRST WORLD.

IllustrationsFIG. 115. Exterior lodge.FIG. 116. Interior lodge.FIG. 117. Gaming ring.FIG. 118. Sweat house.PLATE CXII. A, Rainbow over eastern sweat house; B, Rainbow over western sweat housePLATE CXIII. Blanket rug and medicine tubesPLATE CXIV. Blanket rug and medicine tubesPLATE CXV. Masks: 1, Naiyenesyong; 2, 3, Tobaidischinne; 4, 5, Hasjelti; 6, Hostjoghon; 7, Hostjobokon; 8, HostjoboardPLATE CXVI. Blanket rug and medicine tubesPLATE CXVII. 1, Pine boughs on sand bed; 2, Apache basket containing yucca suds lined with corn pollen; 3, Basket of water surface covered with pine needlesPLATE CXVIII. Blanket rug and medicine tubes and sticksPLATE CXIX. Blanket rug and medicine tubePLATE CXX. First sand paintingPLATE CXXI. Second sand paintingPLATE CXXII. Third sand paintingPLATE CXXIII. Fourth sand painting


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