Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The feather symbol in ancient Hopi designs

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930· 2 chapters· 4,998 words

Although the prehistoric Indians of Tusayan have left no written records in the forms of books, documents, or codices, there survives from their time a most elaborate paleography which has been preserved on imperishable material in the dry soil of Arizona for several centuries...

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1. Part 1

Although the prehistoric Indians of Tusayan have left no written records in the forms of books, documents, or codices, there survives from their time a most elaborate paleograph...

2. Part 2

Considering also how strong a hold the feather has on the modern Hopi mind in ceremonial usages, I am led to the belief that its influence on the ancient mind was of the same ge...