book chapter
Origin legends of Navaho divinatory rites
Journal of American folk-lore • 49 • Published In 1936 • Pages: 134-142
By: Wyman, Leland Clifton.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Although previous writers on Navajo divination rites have categorically stated that diagnosticians possess no legends concerning the origin of their work, Leland C. Wyman, who was associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine at the time of this article, has unearthed two such legends. One is the origin legend of motion-in-the-hand, and the other is the origin legend of star-gazing and listening.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mythology
- Revelation and divination
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Natural Scientist
- 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
- 1933-1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1933-1935
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mariano Lake, Pinedale, and San Antone, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Leland C. Wyman
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028737
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians