Masked Gods

<div> <p><i>Masked Gods</i> is a vast book a challenging and profoundly original account of the history legends and ceremonialism of the Navajo and Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Following a brief but vivid history of the two tribes through the centuries of conquest the book turns inward to the meaning of Native American legends and ritual-Navajo songs Pueblo dances Zuni kachina ceremonies. Enduring still these rituals and ceremonies express a view of life of man's place in the creation which is compared with Taoism and Buddhism-and with the aggressive individualism of the Western world.</p> </div>