{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/zuni/index.htm","path":"nam/zuni/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/zuni/index.htm","text":"The Zu\u00f1i are a Southwest American Indian nation. Their spiritual beliefs center around elaborate ceremonies for fertility and rain, comprised of a yearly cycle of ritual dances by masked dancing gods called Kachinas. This section provides detailed ethographic descriptions of Zu\u00f1i spiritual beliefs, which permeate every aspect of their culture. By Ruth Bunzel: from The Forty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1929-1930: Table of Zu\u00f1i Sounds Introduction to Zu\u00f1i Ceremonialism 215,769 bytes Zu\u00f1i Origin Myths 66,114 bytes Zu\u00f1i Ritual Poetry 310,414 bytes Cushing: Zu\u00f1i Folk Tales [1901] Outline of Zu\u00f1i Mytho-Sociologic Organization Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, pp. 367-73, [1891-1892] Zu\u00f1i Fetiches Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1880-1881, pp. 9-15, 30-31 [1883] Remarks on Shamanism Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 36:184-92. [1897] Form and Form and the Dance Drama Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1891-1892, p. 362 and 374-77. [1896] Corn Raising: The Decay of the Seed Millstone 9, no. 5, pp. 75-78. [1884] Corn Raising: The Regeneration of the Seed Millstone 9, no. 6, pp. 93-95. [1884] Clowns, Priests, and Festivals of the K\u00e2'-k\u00e2 Millstone 10, no. 8, pp. 141-44. [1885] Creation and the Origin of Corn Millstone 9, no. 1, pp. 1-3. [1884]","title":"Zu\u00f1i Religion","type":"page"}