Wyman, Leland C. <br/><br/>
Navajo Eschatology 
 University of NM Bulletin - Navajo Eschatology. 
Leland C. Wyman, W. W. Hill and Iva Osanai 
 - Albuquerque, NM  University of New Mexico Press  May 1, 1942 
 - 48 p. 
<br/><br/> Master list item #:66 
<br/><br/>File location is in the New Mexico file Cabinet  
<br/><br/>Acknowledgments<br/>Foreword<br/>Informants Utilized<br/>Ghosts<br/>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<br/>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<br/>Discussion<br/>Summary <br/>Bibliography 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Navajo Indians<br/>Indians Myth and Legend<br/>Indian Ghosts<br/>Indian Afterlife<br/>Indian Life and customs
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>New Mexico - Indians - File #2    36