front cover of Blessingway
Blessingway
With Three Versions of the Myth Recorded and Translated from the Navajo by Father Berard Haile, O.F.M.
Leland C. Wyman
University of Arizona Press, 1970
An outstanding work crafted from the handwritten pages of translations from the Navajo of the late Father Berard Haile giving three separate versions of the Blessingway rite with each version consisting of a prose text accompanied by the ritual songs and prayers. Valuable insights into the character and use of the Blessingway rite; its ceremonial procedures, its mythology, and its drypaintings.
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front cover of The Mountainway of the Navajo
The Mountainway of the Navajo
Leland C. Wyman; with a myth of the Female Branch recorded and translated by Father Berard Haile, OFM
University of Arizona Press, 1975
Comprehensive examination of a Navajo song ceremonial and its various branches, phases, and ritual. Includes a myth of the female branch recorded and translated by Father Berard Haile, O.F.M., 32 illustrations of Mountainway sandpaintings, with detailed analysis of their symbols and designs.
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