| Myth and Legend (Plateau Journal: Land and Peoples of the Colorado Plateau, Vol 1/2) |  | Authors: Anne O'Brien, Kelly Hays Gilpin, Earle Spamer, Curtis M. Hinsley
Creator: Shonto Begay
Publisher: Museum of Northern Arizona
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 5,306,508
Media: Paperback
ASIN: B001QSYH9K
Publication Date: 1998
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Product Description
For many writers, myth is the common denominator between poetry and religion.
Myth: One of the fictions or half-truths forming part of the ideology of a society.
Legend: An unverified popular story handed down from earlier times.
Mystery: Anything that arouses curiosity because it is unexplained, inexplicable, or secret.
"Woman Guises of the Feminine in a Gallery of Stone" by Anne O'Brien with research by Kelly Hays Gilpin
First Woman, Corn Maiden, Clay Old Lady, Changing Woman, Mistress of Game, Sand Altar Woman. aspects of the female principle emerge in petroglyphs left behind by ancient Pueblo people. The image of a single Earth Mother seems to belong to our modern imagination; perhaps she is needed in a time of planetary challenge.
"But You're Eddie McKee" by Earle Spamer
A description of the prolific life of Edwin D. McKee, naturalist, geologist, teacher, writer. "Mr. Sand Dune" was beloved of many; this eloquent appreciation makes it clear how he acquired his legendary stature.
"Star Visions: The paintings of Shonto Begay"
Stories, poems, and legends from the Navajo artist Shonto Begay accompany his extraordinary paintings in this lush portfolio of visual and verbal images.
"Dirty Devil, Bright Angel: Powell's Progress in the Chasm of the Colorado" by Curtis M. Hinsley
John Wesley Powell emerged from the dungeon of the Colorado abyss-as he had from his Civil War hospital cot, as the nation has from its wartime misery, and as the pilgrim Christian had from the Chasm of Doubt-to tell the world of his triumph. In doing so he created a new image of the West that generations would embrace.
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