Waters, Frank - Book of the Hopi, The first revelation of the Hopi's historical and religious worldview of life

New York, Penguin Books U.S.A., 1977, 3de druk. 19,7 x 12,9 x 2 cm., Paperback. 345 pagina's. Black & White images. ISBN/EAN: 9780140045277. Conditie: Good, Verkleurd verder in goede staat. Drawings and source material recorded by Oswald White Bear Fredericks. In this strange and wonderful book, thirty elders of the ancient Hopi tribe of Northern Arizona - a people who regard themselves as the first inhabitants of America - freely reveal the Hopi worldview for the first time in written form. The Hopi kept this view a secret for countless centuries, and anthropologists have long struggled to understand it. Now they record their myth and legends, and the meaning of their religious rituals and ceremonies. as a gift to future generations..