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• catalog abstract "Here is a thorough, and long-needed, presentation of the nature of the Pueblo gods and myths. The Pueblo Indians, which include the Hopi, Zuni, and Keres groups, and their ancestors are closely bound to the Plateau region of the United States, comprising much of the area in Utah, Colorado, and - especially in recent years - New Mexico and Arizona. The principal god of the Hopi tribe was and is Masau'u, the god of death. Masau'u is also a god of life in many of its essentials. There is an unmistakable analogy between Masau'u and the Christian Devil, and between Masau'u and the Greek god Hermes, who guided dead souls on their journey to the nether world. Mr. Tyler has drawn many useful comparisons between the religions of the Pueblos and the Greeks. "Because there is a widespread knowledge of the Greek gods and their ways," the author writes, "many people will thus be at ease with the Pueblo gods and myths." Of utmost importance is the final chapter of the book, which relates Pueblo cosmology to contemporary Western thought. The Pueblos are men and women who have faced, and are facing, problems common to all mankind. The response of the Pueblos to their challenges has been tempered by the role of religion in their lives. This account of their epic struggle to accommodate themselves and their society to the cosmic order is "must" reading for historians, ethnologists, students of comparative religion, and for all who take an interest in the role of religious devotion in their own lives. -- Book jacket.".
• catalog contributor b1994968.
• catalog created "[1964]".
• catalog date "1964".
• catalog date "[1964]".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "[1964]".
• catalog description "Bibliography: p. 293-300.".
• catalog description "Here is a thorough, and long-needed, presentation of the nature of the Pueblo gods and myths. The Pueblo Indians, which include the Hopi, Zuni, and Keres groups, and their ancestors are closely bound to the Plateau region of the United States, comprising much of the area in Utah, Colorado, and - especially in recent years - New Mexico and Arizona. The principal god of the Hopi tribe was and is Masau'u, the god of death. Masau'u is also a god of life in many of its essentials. There is an unmistakable analogy between Masau'u and the Christian Devil, and between Masau'u and the Greek god Hermes, who guided dead souls on their journey to the nether world. Mr. Tyler has drawn many useful comparisons between the religions of the Pueblos and the Greeks. "Because there is a widespread knowledge of the Greek gods and their ways," the author writes, "many people will thus be at ease with the Pueblo gods and myths." Of utmost importance is the final chapter of the book, which relates Pueblo cosmology to contemporary Western thought. The Pueblos are men and women who have faced, and are facing, problems common to all mankind. The response of the Pueblos to their challenges has been tempered by the role of religion in their lives. This account of their epic struggle to accommodate themselves and their society to the cosmic order is "must" reading for historians, ethnologists, students of comparative religion, and for all who take an interest in the role of religious devotion in their own lives. -- Book jacket.".
• catalog description "The Pueblo world -- The god Massau'u, or Skeleton man -- The dead -- The creators and their creations. Sho'tokunungwa ; The emergence ; The flood ; The migrations -- Earth goddess -- Germinator -- The divine sun. Paiyatemu and the corn maidens ; Pautiwa and the sun kachinas ; The Hopi sun kachinas ; Winter solstice ceremonies ; Acoma winter solstice ; The Hopi soyal ceremony ; The Zuni winter solstice ceremony ; The calendar ; Battle of the seasons -- The cosmos and the system of the six directions -- The godliness of place -- Clowns and gods -- Snakes and the horned water serpent. The snake myth ; The horned water serpent -- The face of animism. Freud ; Baber ; Table for relating town names to tribes and linguistic groups -- Bibliography -- Index -- Map of the Pueblo territory.".
• catalog extent "xxii, 313 p.".
• catalog hasFormat "Pueblo gods and myths.".
• catalog isFormatOf "Pueblo gods and myths.".
• catalog isPartOf "Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 71.".
• catalog isPartOf "The Civilization of the American Indian series, 71".
• catalog issued "1964".
• catalog issued "[1964]".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Norman, University of Oklahoma Press".
• catalog relation "Pueblo gods and myths.".
• catalog subject "299.7".
• catalog subject "E99.P9 T9".
• catalog subject "Pueblo Indians Religion.".
• catalog subject "Pueblo gods.".
• catalog subject "Pueblo mythology.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The Pueblo world -- The god Massau'u, or Skeleton man -- The dead -- The creators and their creations. Sho'tokunungwa ; The emergence ; The flood ; The migrations -- Earth goddess -- Germinator -- The divine sun. Paiyatemu and the corn maidens ; Pautiwa and the sun kachinas ; The Hopi sun kachinas ; Winter solstice ceremonies ; Acoma winter solstice ; The Hopi soyal ceremony ; The Zuni winter solstice ceremony ; The calendar ; Battle of the seasons -- The cosmos and the system of the six directions -- The godliness of place -- Clowns and gods -- Snakes and the horned water serpent. The snake myth ; The horned water serpent -- The face of animism. Freud ; Baber ; Table for relating town names to tribes and linguistic groups -- Bibliography -- Index -- Map of the Pueblo territory.".
• catalog title "Pueblo gods and myths.".
• catalog type "text".