Mythology and Values
ISBN: 9781477306390
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / University of Texas Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Navajo mythology.;

In this book, Katherine Spencer examines Navaho cultural values by studying a specific subset of Navaho mythology: chantway myths, part of ceremonies performed to cure illness. She begins with a summary of the general plot construction of chantway myths and the value themes presented in these plots, then discusses "explanatory elements" inserted by the narrators of the myths. She continues with a deeper analysis of the cultural value judgements conveyed by these myths. At the end of the book, Spencer includes abstracts of the myths she discusses.

Before becoming a full-time writer, Katherine Spencer was a fiction editor. She has written over 20 books for both children and adults including the Cape Light series.

(Bowker Author Biography)


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