Pueblo Gods and Myths

Bibliographic Data

ID2513586
AuthorsByron Harvey (corresponding author), Hamilton A Tyler
Year1964
Volume4
Issue1
Pages115
Publication date1964-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1385225
OpenAlexW1993253337
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Here is a thorough, and long-needed, presentation of the nature of the Pueblo gods and 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 in of its essentials. There is an unmistakable analogy between Masau'u and the Christian Devil, and between Masau'u and the Greek god Hermes, who guided dead souls on their journey to the nether world. Mr. Tyler has drawn useful comparisons between the religions of the Pueblos and the Greeks. Because there is a widespread knowledge of the Greek gods and their ways, the author writes, many people will thus be at ease with the Pueblo gods and myths. Of utmost importance is the final chapter of the book, which relates Pueblo cosmology to contemporary Western thought. The Pueblos are men and women who have faced, and are facing, problems common to all mankind. The response of the Pueblos to their challenges has been tempered by the role of religion in their lives. This account of their epic struggle to accommodate themselves and their society to the cosmic order is must reading for historians, ethnologists, students of comparative religion, and for all who take an interest in the role of religious devotion in their own lives

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