Here is a thorough, and long-needed, presentation of the nature of the Pueblo gods and myths. The Pueblo Indians, which include the Hopi, Zuni, and Keres groups, and their ancestors are closely bound to the Plateau region of the United States, comprising much of the area in Utah, Colorado, and–especially in recent years–New Mexico and Arizona. The principal god of the Hopi tribe was and is Masau'u, the god of death. Masau'u is also a god of life in many of its essentials. There is an unmistakable analogy between Masau'u and the Christian Devil, and between Masau'u and the Greek god Hermes, who guided dead souls on their journey to the nether world. Mr. Tyler has drawn many useful comparisons between the religions of the Pueblos and the Greeks. "Because there is a widespread knowledge of the Greek gods and their ways," the author writes, "many people will thus be at ease with the Pueblo gods and myths." Of utmost importance is the final chapter of the book, which relates Pueblo cosmology to contemporary Western thought. The Pueblos are men and women who have faced, and are facing, problems common to all mankind. The response of the Pueblos to their challenges has been tempered by the role of religion in their lives. This account of their epic struggle to accommodate themselves and their society to the cosmic order is "must" reading for historians, ethnologists, students of comparative religion, and for all who take an interest in the role of religious devotion in their own lives.

Pueblo Gods and Myths (Volume 71) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)

Literature & Fiction

Tyler, Hamilton A.

United States

University of Oklahoma Press

Pueblo animals and myths (The Civilization of the American indian series)

Religion & Spirituality

The swallowtail butterflies of North America

Naturegraph Publishers

The dedicated work of two men, Hamilton A. Tyler, the writer, and Don Phillips, illustrator and painter. This work includes 16 color plates covering all eighteen species of owls found within the United States and Canada. Range maps for each species, size and weight charts, plus describing in detail the great differences in owl personalities and habits. Learn how to find owls by day or night, and ways to identify the species. Written in a style bird watchers of any level can enjoy.

Owls by day and night

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Naturegraph

A wide-ranging examination of the biology, ecology, systematics, and conservation of a group of large and colorful butterflies that occur all over the globe, have been incorporated into human culture, symbolism, and ritual, and are seriously threatened with extinction 40 of the 143 species of the New World swallowtails being on the critical list of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The late Tyler (1917-1983) left only the outline for the volume. The two scientific educators (Keith S. Brown, Jr. and Kent H. Wilson) who finished and illustrated the book have maintained Tyler's blend of science and aesthetics, including 153 pages of striking color plates. Per Tyler's wish, a paper edition will be sold at cost to students and persons outside the industrialized countries. Paper student edition (unseen), $24.50. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas: A Study in Biological Dynamics, Ecological Diversity, Biosystematics, and Conservation

Brown, Keith S., Jr.

Wilson, Kent H.

Scientific Pub

Swallowtail Butterflies of the Americas

Organic gardening without poisons

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Van Nostrand-Reinhold

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