Navajo Eschatology
by Wyman, Leland C.
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Acknowledgments
Foreword
Informants Utilized
Ghosts
Spirits : Human life span and ghost, Time of apparition, Apparitional forms, Ghost sounds, Behavior of ghosts, Concrete evidence of the presence of ghosts, Cause of Apparitions, Portent of Apparitions, Ghost experiences, and Cure or prevention of ghost sickness
The Afterworld : Portent of dreams, Location of the Afterworld, Approach to the Afterworld, Nature of the Afterworld, Length of Journey to the Afterworld, Physical change at death, Guides to the Afterworld, Tests for Death, Destination of Witches and suicides, and Effect of Christianity
Discussion
Summary
Bibliography
there are numerous statements of various extensity bearing oNavajo eschatology scattered throughtou the literature. No order presentation of the subject, howerver has been published. Since it is a pattern assemblage which cuts across, or is interwoven with, several other important pattern assemblages of Navajo society, particularly the assemblage of ceremonial patterns and certain aspects for behavior in daily life, a need for a systematic presentation has existed.