Masked Gods is a vast book, a challenging and profoundly original account of the history, legends, and ceremonialism of the Navaho and Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Following a brief but vivid history of the two tribes through the centuries of conquest, the book turns inward to the meaning of Indian legends and ritual - Navaho songs, Pueblo dances, Zuni kachina ceremonies. Enduring still, these rituals and ceremonies express a view of life, of man's place in the creation, which is compared with Taoism and Buddhism - and with the aggressive individualism of the Western world.
- ISBN10 0804006415
- ISBN13 9780804006415
- Publish Date 1 January 1950
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Swallow Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 432
- Language English