Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians
by James Stevenson
Edition 1, (September 2006)
Contents
- [INTRODUCTION.]
- [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.]
Illustrations
- [FIG. 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 house]
- [PLATE CXIII. Blanket rug and medicine tubes]
- [PLATE CXIV. Blanket rug and medicine tubes]
- [PLATE CXV. Masks: 1, Naiyenesyong; 2, 3, Tobaidischinne; 4, 5, Hasjelti; 6, Hostjoghon; 7, Hostjobokon; 8, Hostjoboard]
- [PLATE CXVI. Blanket rug and medicine tubes]
- [PLATE 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 needles]
- [PLATE CXVIII. Blanket rug and medicine tubes and sticks]
- [PLATE CXIX. Blanket rug and medicine tube]
- [PLATE CXX. First sand painting]
- [PLATE CXXI. Second sand painting]
- [PLATE CXXII. Third sand painting]
- [PLATE CXXIII. Fourth sand painting]