Navaho Legends

by Washington Matthews

Book Overview

Navaho Legends is one of the earliest collections of Navajo oral traditions in English, and still the best. Originally published in 1897, Washington Matthews's sensitive translation contains extensive versions of the Original Legend and two other tales. These richly detailed legends remain among the most complete sources of Navajo cultural, ritual, and ceremonial information. This edition is fully faithful to the original, containing Matthews's introduction,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874804248
• ISBN13: 9780874804249
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher