First death in the fourth world: teaching the emergence of myth of the Hopi Indians.

Non-Indians have difficulty understanding the Hopi myth. One very interesting literary question that non-Indians must resolve concerns the first death after the Hopis emerged from the third world below. Other concerns that must be addressed in analyzing the Hopi myth include the sacred texts, translation, audience, art of narrative and critical theory.

This article is different from those that usually appear in American Indian Quarterly. I do not present new information about Indians or challenge earlier scholarly interpretations. Rather, I bring together some texts reflecting a tiny segment ...

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