Navaho Legends - With Introductions, Notes, Illustrations, Texts, Interlinear Translations, and Melodies - Softcover

Matthews, Washington

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1446015823 ISBN 13: 9781446015827

Publisher: Morison Press, 2010

Synopsis

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Navaho Legends is one of the earliest collections of Navajo oral traditions in English, and still the best. Originally published in 1897, this sensitive translation by Washington Matthews (1843-1905) contains an extensive version of the Origin Legend plus 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, extensive notes, interlinear prayer translations, and musical notations, plus a note on modern orthography by Robert W. Young. Washington Matthews, army major and surgeon, was based in the Southwest. He was one of the earliest recorders of Navajo culture.

About the Author:

Washington Matthews (1843-1905), U.S. Army Major and Surgeon, was based in the Southwest for a number of years. Conversant in Navajo, he was one of the earliest recorders of Navajo culture.

Grace McNeley was born and raised in Shiprock, New Mexico.

About this edition

• Publisher: Morison Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1446015823
• ISBN 13: 9781446015827
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326