Washington Matthews
Biographic Data
| ID | 3616460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Washington Matthews |
| GIVEN NAMES | Washington |
| FAMILY NAME | Matthews |
| SIGNATURE | MATTHEWS W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Museum of Military Medicine |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1888 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony
This publication goes into detail regarding the Mountain Chant, a nine-day Navajo healing ceremony that is supposed to bring rain, cure disease and invoke hidden powers for the general benefit of the individual or tribe. This book provided by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records is the alternative 1970 edition
Ethnography And Philology Of The Hidatsa Indians
(1969). Ethnography And Philology Of The Hidatsa Indians. Plains Anthropologist: Vol. 14, No. 45, pp. 1-1
The Night Chant, a Navaho Ceremony
Myths of Gestation and Parturition
Perhaps when the reader has finished this paper he will place me in the category with the fabled shoemaker who, when the city was in danger and its wise men were considering how best to fortify it, declared, " There is nothing like leather."In something connected with my own special craft, I seek the solution of a difficult problem.
Zuñi Folk Tales. Recorded and Translated by Frank Hamilton Çushing
The Earth Lodge in Art
The Treatment of Ailing Gods
Indian Story and Song from North America. By Alice C. Fletcher
A Two-faced Navaho Blanket
The Magic of the Horse‐shoe, with Other Folk‐Lore Notes. By Robert Means Lawrence
Creation Myths of Primitive America in Relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind , by Jeremiah Curtin
The Study of Ethics among the Lower Races
Use of Rubber Bags in Gauging Cranial Capacity1
The Ghost-Dance Religion
The Study of Ceremony
Outline of Zuni Creation Myths
A Vigil of the Gods-a Navaho Ceremony
Songs of Sequence of the Navajos
The Basket Drum
Contributions to Nroth American Ethnology. Vol. II, Part I. Second title
The Gentile System of the Navajo Indians
Originally delivered as a lecture before the Anthropological Society, this publication is a record “of the great creation and migration myth of the Navajos, [and] more than two thirds of the story is told before the first mention of an existing gens is made.”
Navajo Gambling Songs
This book is about the Navajo gambling songs handed down within tribes for generations and which pertain to their mythology and sacred rites
Noqoilpi, the Gambler
The Inca Bone and Kindred Formations Among the Ancient Arizonians
The Prayer of a Navajo Shaman
According to this publication, "with other Navajo prayers in my collection the act of supplication is preceded by the offering of a sacrifice, and in the prayer the god is reminded of the votive offering and told what blessings are expected in return. With the prayer under consideration, no reference is made to a previous sacrifice and, as far as I could learn, none precedes it, although a song in praise of the war god is sometimes sung as a prel…
Myths of Gestation and Parturition
Perhaps when the reader has finished this paper he will place me in the category with the fabled shoemaker who, when the city was in danger and its wise men were considering how best to fortify it, declared, " There is nothing like leather."In something connected with my own special craft, I seek the solution of a difficult problem.
A Two-faced Navaho Blanket
Songs of Sequence of the Navajos
The Basket Drum
The Gentile System of the Navajo Indians
Originally delivered as a lecture before the Anthropological Society, this publication is a record “of the great creation and migration myth of the Navajos, [and] more than two thirds of the story is told before the first mention of an existing gens is made.”
Navajo Gambling Songs
This book is about the Navajo gambling songs handed down within tribes for generations and which pertain to their mythology and sacred rites
Noqoilpi, the Gambler
The Prayer of a Navajo Shaman
According to this publication, "with other Navajo prayers in my collection the act of supplication is preceded by the offering of a sacrifice, and in the prayer the god is reminded of the votive offering and told what blessings are expected in return. With the prayer under consideration, no reference is made to a previous sacrifice and, as far as I could learn, none precedes it, although a song in praise of the war god is sometimes sung as a prel…
The Earth Lodge in Art
Use of Rubber Bags in Gauging Cranial Capacity1
The Study of Ceremony
The Study of Ethics among the Lower Races
A Vigil of the Gods-a Navaho Ceremony
The Inca Bone and Kindred Formations Among the Ancient Arizonians
The Prayer of a Navajo Shaman
According to this publication, "with other Navajo prayers in my collection the act of supplication is preceded by the offering of a sacrifice, and in the prayer the god is reminded of the votive offering and told what blessings are expected in return. With the prayer under consideration, no reference is made to a previous sacrifice and, as far as I could learn, none precedes it, although a song in praise of the war god is sometimes sung as a prel…
Navajo Gambling Songs
This book is about the Navajo gambling songs handed down within tribes for generations and which pertain to their mythology and sacred rites
Noqoilpi, the Gambler
The Inca Bone and Kindred Formations Among the Ancient Arizonians
The Gentile System of the Navajo Indians
Originally delivered as a lecture before the Anthropological Society, this publication is a record “of the great creation and migration myth of the Navajos, [and] more than two thirds of the story is told before the first mention of an existing gens is made.”
Contributions to Nroth American Ethnology. Vol. II, Part I. Second title
Songs of Sequence of the Navajos
The Basket Drum
Outline of Zuni Creation Myths
A Vigil of the Gods-a Navaho Ceremony
The Ghost-Dance Religion
The Study of Ceremony
Use of Rubber Bags in Gauging Cranial Capacity1
The Magic of the Horse‐shoe, with Other Folk‐Lore Notes. By Robert Means Lawrence
Creation Myths of Primitive America in Relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind , by Jeremiah Curtin
The Study of Ethics among the Lower Races
Indian Story and Song from North America. By Alice C. Fletcher
A Two-faced Navaho Blanket
The Treatment of Ailing Gods
Myths of Gestation and Parturition
Perhaps when the reader has finished this paper he will place me in the category with the fabled shoemaker who, when the city was in danger and its wise men were considering how best to fortify it, declared, " There is nothing like leather."In something connected with my own special craft, I seek the solution of a difficult problem.
Zuñi Folk Tales. Recorded and Translated by Frank Hamilton Çushing
The Earth Lodge in Art
The Night Chant, a Navaho Ceremony
Ethnography And Philology Of The Hidatsa Indians
(1969). Ethnography And Philology Of The Hidatsa Indians. Plains Anthropologist: Vol. 14, No. 45, pp. 1-1
The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony
This publication goes into detail regarding the Mountain Chant, a nine-day Navajo healing ceremony that is supposed to bring rain, cure disease and invoke hidden powers for the general benefit of the individual or tribe. This book provided by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records is the alternative 1970 edition
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