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- catalog abstract "The Mountain Chant is a nine-day Navajo healing ceremony, one of several major rites undertaken only in winter. Aside from curing disease, it brings rain and invokes the unseen powers for general benefit. Though perhaps practiced less often now than better-known ceremonies such as the Night Chant, it is by no means forgotten. Fully faithful to the original published by Washington Matthews over a century ago, this edition contains the story of the wandering hero upon whose exploits the Mountain Chant is based, a description of each of the nine ceremonial days, and original song texts and translations.".
- catalog contributor b10360892.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "The Mountain Chant is a nine-day Navajo healing ceremony, one of several major rites undertaken only in winter. Aside from curing disease, it brings rain and invokes the unseen powers for general benefit. Though perhaps practiced less often now than better-known ceremonies such as the Night Chant, it is by no means forgotten. Fully faithful to the original published by Washington Matthews over a century ago, this edition contains the story of the wandering hero upon whose exploits the Mountain Chant is based, a description of each of the nine ceremonial days, and original song texts and translations.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 89 p., [4] p. plates (some color) :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mountain chant.".
- catalog identifier "0874805422 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mountain chant.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press,".
- catalog relation "Mountain chant.".
- catalog subject "299/.764 21".
- catalog subject "E99.N3 M42 1997".
- catalog subject "Mountainway (Navajo rite)".
- catalog subject "Navajo Indians Rites and ceremonies.".
- catalog title "The mountain chant : a Navajo ceremony / Washington Matthews ; foreword by Paul Zolbrod ; orthographic note by Robert W. Young.".
- catalog type "text".