Frank Hamilton Cushing
Zuñi Mythology
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2018 OK Publishing
ISBN 978-80-272-4592-5
Table of Contents
The Survival of Early Zuñi Traits
Outline of Spanish-Zuñi History
Outline of Pristine Zuñi History
Outline of Zuñi Mytho-Sociologic Organization
General Explanations Relative to the Text
The Genesis of the Worlds, or the Beginning of Newness
The Genesis of Men and the Creatures
The Gestation of Men and the Creatures
The Forthcoming from Earth of the Foremost of Men
The Birth from the Sea of the Twain Deliverers of Men
The Birth and Delivery of Men and the Creatures
The Condition of Men When First Into the World of Daylight Born
The Origin of Priests and of Knowledge
The Origin of the Raven and the Macaw, Totems of Winter and Summer
The Origin of the Councils of Secrecy or Sacred Brotherhoods
The Unripeness and Instability of the World When Still Young
The Hardening of the World, and the First Settlement of Men
The Beginning of the Search for the Middle of the World, and the Second Tarrying of Men
The Learning of War, and the Third Tarrying
The Meeting of the People of Dew, and the Fourth Tarrying
The Generation of the Seed of Seeds, or the Origin of Corn
The Renewal of the Search for the Middle
The Choosing of Seekers for Signs of the Middle
The Change-Making Sin of the Brother and Sister
The Birth of the Old-Ones or Ancients of the Kâ´kâ
The Renewal of the Great Journey, and the Sundering of the Tribes of Men
The Origin of Death by Dying, and the Abode of Souls and the Kâ´kâ
The Loss of the Great Southern Clans
The Saving of the Father-Clans
The Awaiting of the Lost Clans
The Straying of K‘yäk´lu, and His Plaint to the Water-Fowl
How the Duck, Hearing, was Fain to Guide K‘yäk´lu
How the Rainbow-Worm Bore K‘yäk´lu to the Plain of Kâ´‘hluëlane
The Tarrying of K‘yäk´lu in the Plain, and His Dismay
How the Duck Found the Lake of the Dead and the Gods of the Kâ´kâ
How the Gods of the Kâ´kâ Counselled the Duck
How by Behest of the Duck the Kâ´yemäshi Sought K‘yäk´lu to Convey Him to the Lake of the Dead
How the Kâ´yemäshi Bore K‘yäk´lu to the Council of the Gods
The Council of the Kâ´kâ, and the Instruction of K‘yäk´lu by the Gods
The Instruction of the Kâ´yemäshi by K‘yäk´lu
How the Kâ´yemäshi Bore K‘yäk´lu to His People
The Return of K‘yäk´lu, and His Sacred Instructions to the People