Book
Maasaw: profile of a Hopi god
University of Nebraska Press • 11 • Published In 1987 • Pages: ix, 273
By: Malotki, Ekkehart, Lomatuway'ma, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The god Maasaw is without doubt one of the most important beings in the entire pantheon of Hopi mythological figures. His pervasiveness in Hopi culture is reflected in the great variety of folk beliefs associated with him as a god, as well as the numerous tales in which he acts as the protagonist. This document investigates the rise in status of Maasaw from that of a prankster and trickster to that of a near-monotheistic divinity. The author describes his many roles as god of death and ruler of the underworld, aboriginal proprietor of the earth, the owner of fire and crops, the maker of all things animal and vegetable, the giver and caretaker of life, the defender of Hopi ways, and as a powerful war deity. Today (1990s) Maasaw …"is regarded as either Satan or Great Spirit within Hopi society" (p. 4).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fire
- Drama
- Mythology
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Organized ceremonial
- Texts in the speaker's language
- Texts translated into english
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hopi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1984-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Second and Third Mesa pueblos, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ekkehart Malotki, Michael Lomatuway'ma ; drawings by Petra Roeckerath
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87000163
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians