Masked Gods is a vast book, a challenging and profoundly original account of the history, legends, and ceremonialism of the Navajo 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 Native American legends and ritual—Navajo 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 (US Trade)
- Pages 432
- Language English