book chapter
Navaho Striped Windway: an Injury-Way chant
Southwestern journal of anthropology • 2 • Published In 1946 • Pages: 213-238
By: Wyman, Leland Clifton, Bailey, Flora L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This account of the Striped Windway is the only complete description of the Injury-Way sub-ritual of Holyway. The authors, who have a long list of studies of Navajo ceremonials to their credit, first present the myth behind the ceremonial and compare it to that of Windway. Then the actual ceremonial is described step by step as witnessed at Pinedale in 1942. Detailed attention is given to the equipment and ritual, including the sand-paintings and body-painting, and they are compared to those of Windway. The authors conclude that, except for some differences which are exorcistic in nature, the Injury-Way sub-ritual has essentially the same fundamental idea and action patterns (i.e. myth and behavior) of Windway.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Representative art
- Magical and mental therapy
- Mythology
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Purification and atonement
- Ritual
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Natural Scientist
- Educator
- 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
- Katchen S. Coley ; 1951
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1942
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1942
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pinedale, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Leland C. Wyman and Flora L. Bailey
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47005758
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians