The Sia. (1894 N 11 / 1889-1890 (pages 3-158))
by Matilda Coxe Stevenson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Matilda Coxe Stevenson
- Title
- The Sia
- Credits
- Produced by Robert Tonsing, PM for Bureau of American Ethnology, The Internet Archive (American Libraries) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Zia Indians
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 63175
- Release Date
- September 10, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE SIA.
- 2.CONTENTS.
- 3.ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 4.INTRODUCTION.
- 5.COSMOGONY.
- 6.CULT SOCIETIES.
- 7.THEURGISTIC RITES. — RAIN CEREMONIAL OF THE SNAKE SOCIETY. — RAIN CEREMONIAL OF THE GIANT SOCIETY. — FOUR NIGHTS’ CEREMONIAL OF THE GIANT SOCIETY FOR THE HEALING OF A SICK BOY. — RAIN CEREMONIAL OF THE KNIFE SOCIETY. — SOCIETY OF THE QUER´RÄNNA. — RAIN CEREMONIAL OF THE QUER´RÄNNA SOCIETY. — OTHER SOCIETIES. — SOCIETY OF THE COUGAR. — SOCIETY OF WARRIORS.
- 8.SONGS. — A RAIN SONG OF THE SHŪ´-WI CHAI´ÄN (SNAKE SOCIETY). — A SONG OF THE SHŪ´WI CHAI´ÄN (SNAKE SOCIETY) FOR HEALING THE SICK. — A RAIN SONG OF THE SKO´YO CHAI´ÄN (GIANT SOCIETY). — A SONG OF THE SKO´YO CHAI´ÄN (GIANT SOCIETY) FOR HEALING THE SICK. — A RAIN SONG OF THE HĬSTIÄN CHAI´ÄN (KNIFE SOCIETY). — A RAIN SONG OF THE HĬSTIÄN CHAI´ÄN (KNIFE SOCIETY). — PORTION OF A RAIN SONG OF THE HĬSTIÄN CHAI´ÄN (KNIFE SOCIETY). — A RAIN SONG OF THE QUER´RÄNNA CHAI´ÄN. — PRAYER FOR SICK INFANT. — Explanation of prayer by governor for his sick child.
- 9.CHILDBIRTH.
- 10.MORTUARY BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS.
- 11.MYTHS. — THE COYOTE ENCOUNTERS DISAPPOINTMENTS. — THE COYOTE AND THE COUGAR. — THE COYOTE AND THE RATTLESNAKE. — THE SKÁTONA.
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