Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Versions and Informants
The Manuscripts
Editorial
Chantways and Rites
The Name Blessingway
The Uses of Blessingway
The Hogan
The Sacred Mountains
The Mountain Soil Bundle
Inner Forms
Follower Pairs
Long Life — Happiness
Pollen
Creation of Corn, Animals, People
Fabrics and Jewels
The Mythology of Blessingway
Major Mythic Motifs of Blessingway
Monsterway and Enemyway
Monsterway
Enemyway
The Drypaintings of Blessingway
Reproductions of Blessingway Drypaintings
Color and Directional Symbolism
Drypainting Symbols of Blessingway
Ceremonial Procedure in Blessingway
Blessingway — Version I, told by Slim Curly
I. The No-sleep (Ceremonial) at Emergence
II. The Second No-Sleep Ceremonial
III. About the Second Menstrual Period of Changing Woman
IV. About the Mating of Corn
V. About Changing Woman's Departure for the West
Appendix I. About the Origin of Other People
Appendix II. Blessingway Practice
Blessingway — Version II, told by Frank Mitchell
Blessingway — Version III, told by River Junction Curly
References
Index