book chapter
Notes on obsolete Navaho ceremonies
Plateau • 23 • Published In 1951 • Pages: 44-48
By: Wyman, Leland Clifton.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Kachen S. Coley ; 1952-1953
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1900-1940
- Coverage Place
- Kayenta, Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Leland C. Wyman
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 32008235
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians