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The Ritual Meaning of Corn Pollen Among the Navajo Indians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Thomas M. Raitt
Affiliation:
College of Wooster, Ohio

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Navajo religious rituals are so multifaceted that one has trouble perceiving any centre of gravity. The inevitable question is: What are the sources of unity behind the diversity of the chant system? Let us see what evidence there is among the Navajo that all religions tend to seek some point of contact with the divine.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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