Loading…

Kachinas in the Pueblo world

According to the Pueblo Indians the spirits of the dead return to this world as kachinas, where they take on cloud form -- become "cloud people" -- and bring the life-giving rains. These rain deities stand at the center of Pueblo religious experience. Without their intervention the crops w...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schaafsma, Polly
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1994]
Edition:1st ed.
Physical Description:
ix, 200 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects:
Holdings details from CMU Main Books 3rd Floor C502
Copy 1 CMU Main Books 3rd Floor E99.P9 K33 1994 Available
Request Chapter Scan