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This book is a detailed ethnographic accounts of Zuñi religious beliefs and practices, taken from The Forty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1929-1930, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Chapters include: Prayers to the Ancients; Prayers to the sun; Prayers to the Uwanammi; Prayers of the war cult; Prayers and chants of priests of masked gods; and, Prayers of the medicine cult.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Psychology
Length5 hrs 45 mins
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Publish dateAug 7, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF PRAYER
2ZUÑI POETIC STYLE
3PRAYERS TO THE ANCIENTS
4AN OFFERING OF FOOD TO THE ANCESTORS
5THE PREPARATION OF PRAYER STICKS AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE
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6AN OFFERING OF PRAYER STICKS AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE
7A MONTHLY OFFERING OF PRAYER STICKS
8PRAYERS TO DEAD WIFE, WITH OFFERINGS OF PRAYER MEAL AND PRAYER STICKS
9PRAYERS TO THE SUN
10PRAYER AT SUNRISE
11PRESENTING AN INFANT TO THE SUN
12THE P?EKWIN SETS THE DATE FOR THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
13PRAYER OF THE FIRE KEEPER AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE
14PRAYERS TO THE UWANAMMI
15PRAYER OF A PRIEST ON GOING INTO RETREAT
16PRAYER OF A PRIEST DURING HIS SUMMER RETREAT
17THE P?EKWIN GOES INTO RETREAT
18THE BOW PRIEST IN RETREAT IN SUMMER
19PRAYERS OF THE WAR CULT
20THE BOW PRIEST MAKES PRAYER STICKS AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE
21PRAYERS BEFORE GOING ON A WAR PARTY
22PRAYERS OF THE SCALP DANCE
23PRAYERS AND CHANTS OF THE PRIESTS OF THE MASKED GODS. I
24THE COMING OF K^ÄKLO
25PRAYER OF THE IMPERSONATOR OF P?A'UTIWA
26PRAYERS AND CHANTS OF THE PRIESTS OF THE MASKED GODS. II
27PRAYERS AND CHANTS OF THE CA?LAKO CEREMONIES
28PRAYER OF THE IMPERSONATORS OF THE MASKED GODS WITH MONTHLY OFFERING OF PRAYER STICKS
29SAYATACA'S NIGHT CHANT
30SAYATACA'S MORNING CHANT
31NIGHT CHANT OF HEK^ÄPA:KWE CA?LAKO
32WASHING THE HEAD OF CA?LAKO IMPERSONATOR
33"WASHING" THE KOYEMCI
34DISMISSAL OF THE KOYEMCI
35PRAYERS OF THE MEDICINE CULT
36THE GREAT FIRE SOCIETY CHIEF SETS UP HIS ALTAR
37SUMMONING A SHAMAN
38THE SOCIETY FATHER SUMMONS THE NOVICE FOR HIS INITIATION
39THE SOCIETY FATHER BLESSES THE NOVICE AT THE CLOSE OF HIS INITIATION
40PRAYER OF A SOCIETY CHIEF DURING HIS WINTER RETREAT
41PRAYER OF THE CHIEF OF THE ANT SOCIETY
42PRAYERS FOR COLLECTING MEDICINE (CACTUS SOCIETY)
43PRAYER FOR STALKING DEER