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Hamilton A Tyler

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1) Pueblo birds and myths

Author

Tyler, Hamilton A

Series

Civilization of the American Indian volume 147

Language

English

Description

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Pueblo Indian thinking has a style of its own, which is usually just as recognizable as a style of house or of village architecture. Pueblo culture, while it may point to differences in origin as well. When their pantheon was examined in "Pueblo Gods and Myths", the gods were found to express this diversity, and it was only the style of relating to these divinities that showed a common religion.

2) Pueblo gods and myths

Author

Tyler, Hamilton A

Series

Civilization of the American Indian volume 71

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Pub. Date

[1964]

Language

English

Description

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Here is a thorough, and long-needed, presentation of the nature of the Pueblo gods and myths. The Pueblo Indians, which include the Hopi, Zuni, and Keres groups, and their ancestors are closely bound to the Plateau region of the United States, comprising much of the area in Utah, Colorado, and - especially in recent years - New Mexico and Arizona. The principal god of the Hopi tribe was and is Masau'u, the god of death. Masau'u is also a god of life...