book chapter
Notes on obsolete Navaho ceremonies
Plateau • 23 • Published In 1951 • Pages: 44-48
By: Wyman, Leland Clifton.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief but extremely interesting account of some ceremonies which are now apparently obsolete among the Navajos, is drawn from the notes and plant collection assembled by the late Louisa Wade Wetherill, who spent many years at a trading post in Kayenta, Arizona. Some of the ceremonies touched upon are: the Raven Chant, for curing sores caused by contact with a raven's nest or possibly for effects due to incest; the Spider Chant for curing spider bite; a rain ceremony; the Lizard Chant, for curing swelling of the abdomen caused by inhaling the breath of a collared lizard, and for luck in gambling; and star-gazing.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Magical and mental therapy
- Mythology
- Revelation and divination
- Magic
- Organized ceremonial
- Ethnometeorology
- Ethnobotany
- Ethnozoology
- 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.
- 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.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Kachen S. Coley ; 1952-1953
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kayenta, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Leland C. Wyman
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 32008235
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians