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Navaho treatment of sicknessbook chapter 1931 • Morgan, William
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is a detailed account of Navajo diagnosis and treatment of disease by diagnosticians. It covers hand-tremblers, stargazers, and listeners: their theories of diseases, their methods of prediction, their rituals, sacred objects and therapeutic eff...Navaho dreamsbook chapter 1932 • Morgan, William
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
Several Navajo dreams are interpreted according to the tenets of Jung and Piaget by William Morgan, an anthropologist who has written several articles on the more mystical aspects of Navajo life, such as divination. The dream interpretations are sugg...Human-wolves among the NavahoBook 1970 • Morgan, William
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
In this excellent study based on interviews within an extended family, Morgan discusses stories about 'human-wolves' and relates the beliefs and 'delusions' regarding werewolves and witches to underlying anxieties in the Navajo family. According to M...Some notes on Navaho dreamsbook chapter 1951 • Kluckhohn, Clyde & Morgan, William
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is a brief article giving the content of fourteen dreams experienced by an acculturated family of five persons. The dreams are interpreted psychoanalytically and are, according to Kluckhohn, typical of other Navajo dreams in many ways and especi...