Katherine Spencer, later Katherine Spencer Halpern (1913–2004), was an anthropologist and a research associate with the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.

• PrefaceI. IntroductionII. Navaho Chantway MythsIII. Plot Construction and Value ThemesThe Pattern of Plot ConstructionA. The Hero’s PredicamentB. The Hero’s Rescue and Acquisition of PowerC. The Hero’s Family and Affinal RelationsValue ThemesA. Health and IllnessB. Power and KnowledgeC. Family RelationshipsD. Self-Assertion and ResponsibilityIV. Explanatory ElementsHealth, Fertility, Ritual Observance, Sex and Family Relations, Aggression, Irresponsibility, Property, Animal Origins, MiscellaneousV. Sanctions and standardsIntroductionSubsistence and PropertyA. SubsistenceB. PovertyC. ResponsibilitySex and MarriageFamily and KinA. Parents and ChildrenB. SiblingsSome Aspects of Interpersonal RelationsA. Companionship and HospitalityB. AggressionVI. ConclusionsReview of FindingsDiscussion of Theoretical ProblemsVII. Abstracts of Chantway MythsHail WayWater WayMale Shooting WayBig Star WayMountaintop WayProstitution WayMoth WayBeauty WayNight WayThe VisionaryThe Stricken TwinsPlume WayNavaho Wind WayChiricahua Wind WayEagle WayBead WayFlint WayGhostway Ritual of Male Shooting WayEnemy WayVIII. ReferencesNotesBibliography

Katherine Spencer, later Katherine Spencer Halpern (1913–2004), was an anthropologist and a research associate with the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.

• PrefaceI. IntroductionII. Navaho Chantway MythsIII. Plot Construction and Value ThemesThe Pattern of Plot ConstructionA. The Hero’s PredicamentB. The Hero’s Rescue and Acquisition of PowerC. The Hero’s Family and Affinal RelationsValue ThemesA. Health and IllnessB. Power and KnowledgeC. Family RelationshipsD. Self-Assertion and ResponsibilityIV. Explanatory ElementsHealth, Fertility, Ritual Observance, Sex and Family Relations, Aggression, Irresponsibility, Property, Animal Origins, MiscellaneousV. Sanctions and standardsIntroductionSubsistence and PropertyA. SubsistenceB. PovertyC. ResponsibilitySex and MarriageFamily and KinA. Parents and ChildrenB. SiblingsSome Aspects of Interpersonal RelationsA. Companionship and HospitalityB. AggressionVI. ConclusionsReview of FindingsDiscussion of Theoretical ProblemsVII. Abstracts of Chantway MythsHail WayWater WayMale Shooting WayBig Star WayMountaintop WayProstitution WayMoth WayBeauty WayNight WayThe VisionaryThe Stricken TwinsPlume WayNavaho Wind WayChiricahua Wind WayEagle WayBead WayFlint WayGhostway Ritual of Male Shooting WayEnemy WayVIII. ReferencesNotesBibliography

Katherine Spencer, later Katherine Spencer Halpern (1913–2004), was an anthropologist and a research associate with the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.

• PrefaceI. IntroductionII. Navaho Chantway MythsIII. Plot Construction and Value ThemesThe Pattern of Plot ConstructionA. The Hero’s PredicamentB. The Hero’s Rescue and Acquisition of PowerC. The Hero’s Family and Affinal RelationsValue ThemesA. Health and IllnessB. Power and KnowledgeC. Family RelationshipsD. Self-Assertion and ResponsibilityIV. Explanatory ElementsHealth, Fertility, Ritual Observance, Sex and Family Relations, Aggression, Irresponsibility, Property, Animal Origins, MiscellaneousV. Sanctions and standardsIntroductionSubsistence and PropertyA. SubsistenceB. PovertyC. ResponsibilitySex and MarriageFamily and KinA. Parents and ChildrenB. SiblingsSome Aspects of Interpersonal RelationsA. Companionship and HospitalityB. AggressionVI. ConclusionsReview of FindingsDiscussion of Theoretical ProblemsVII. Abstracts of Chantway MythsHail WayWater WayMale Shooting WayBig Star WayMountaintop WayProstitution WayMoth WayBeauty WayNight WayThe VisionaryThe Stricken TwinsPlume WayNavaho Wind WayChiricahua Wind WayEagle WayBead WayFlint WayGhostway Ritual of Male Shooting WayEnemy WayVIII. ReferencesNotesBibliography