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Title: Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the
Navajo Indians

Author: James Stevenson

Release Date: September 2006 [Ebook #19331]

Language: English

Character set encoding: US-ASCII

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Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo
Indians

by James Stevenson

Edition 1, (September 2006)

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEDICINE LODGE.
FIRST DAY.
PERSONATORS OF THE GODS.
SECOND DAY.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SWEAT HOUSES.
SWEAT HOUSES AND MASKS.
PREPARATION OF THE SACRED REEDS (CIGARETTE) AND PRAYER STICKS.
THIRD DAY.
FIRST CEREMONY.
SECOND CEREMONY.
THIRD CEREMONY.
FOURTH CEREMONY.
FOURTH DAY.
FIRST CEREMONY.
SECOND CEREMONY.
THIRD CEREMONY.
FOURTH CEREMONY.
FIFTH CEREMONY.
SIXTH CEREMONY.
FIFTH DAY.
FIRST CEREMONY.
SECOND CEREMONY.
THIRD CEREMONY.
SIXTH DAY.
SEVENTH DAY.
EIGHTH DAY.
NINTH DAY.
FIRST CEREMONY.
SECOND CEREMONY.
SONG OF THE ETSETHLE.
PRAYER TO THE ETSETHLE.
CONCLUSION - THE DANCE.
MYTHS OF THE NAVAJO.
CREATION OF THE SUN.
HASJELTI AND HOSTJOGHON.
THE FLOATING LOGS.
NAIYENESGONY AND TOBAIDISCHINNI.
THE BROTHERS.
THE OLD MAN AND WOMAN OF THE FIRST WORLD.

ILLUSTRATIONS

FIG. 115. Exterior lodge.
FIG. 116. Interior lodge.
FIG. 117. Gaming ring.
FIG. 118. Sweat house.
PLATE CXII. A, Rainbow over eastern sweat house; B, Rainbow over western
sweat house
PLATE CXIII. Blanket rug and medicine tubes
PLATE CXIV. Blanket rug and medicine tubes
PLATE CXV. Masks: 1, Naiyenesyong; 2, 3, Tobaidischinne; 4, 5, Hasjelti;
6, Hostjoghon; 7, Hostjobokon; 8, Hostjoboard
PLATE CXVI. Blanket rug and medicine tubes
PLATE CXVII. 1, Pine boughs on sand bed; 2, Apache basket containing yucca
suds lined with corn pollen; 3, Basket of water surface covered with pine
needles
PLATE