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This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to
appear in English since the publication of Washington Matthew's
'Navaho Legends' in 1897. Paul G Zolbrod's new translation attempts
to render the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling
performance on the page. His use of a poetic English idiom
appropriate to the Navajo oral tradition gives us a translation
that retains the social and religious significance of the original
stories. He has worked with archival materials including
transcriptions of early twentieth century Navajo performances and
has talked with Navajo elders who helped him to salvage portions of
the creation story that might otherwise disappear.
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