The Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo

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Call Number: 978.991 Hu
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Preface -- Introduction / Peter Nabokov -- Part one. Iatiku's world -- Part two. Birth of the war twins -- Part three. The war twins' world -- Glossary -- Bibliography.
"Hailed by many as the most accessible of all epic narratives recounting a classic Pueblo Indian story of creation, migration, and ultimate residence, this version of the Acoma Pueblo creation myth offers a unique window into Pueblo Indian cosmology and its dramatic, ancient history. It reveals how one premodern society answered key existential questions and formed its guiding social, religious, and economic customs. In 1928 it was narrated by Edward Proctor Hunt, a Pueblo Indian man from the mesa-top village of Acoma, New Mexico, to Smithsonian Institution scholars. In this new edition, Peter Nabokov renders this important document into clear sequence, adds excerpted material from the original storytelling sessions, and explains the creation and roles of such central myths in American Indian cultures."--Back cover.

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