Book
The Dîné: origin myths of the Navaho Indians
U.S. Govt. Print. Off. • Washington • Published In 1956 • Pages: vii, 187
By: O'Bryan, Aileen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The source presents the verbatim, translated texts of numerous myths collected by the compiler at Mesa Verde National Park in 1928. Subjects treated by her informants include: The Creation, Animal Heroes, Age of the Gods, Age of the Patriarchs, and other stories.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Literary texts
- Ethnozoology
- Ethnobotany
- Mythology
- 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
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social 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
- M. A. Marcus ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1928
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1928
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Reservation, southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Aileen O'Bryan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-187)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56061736
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians