The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi, credited to Hattie Greene Lockett, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi by Hattie Greene Lockett. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. “By a brief survey of present day Hopi culture and an examination into the myths and traditions constituting the unwritten literature of this people, this bulletin proposes to show that an intimate connection exists between their ritual acts, their moral standards, their social organization, even their practical activities of today, and their myths and tales—the still unwritten legendary lore.” Published in 1933 as University of Arizona Social Science Bulletin No. 2, this book is a publication by Hattie Greene Lockett of her thesis for the master’s degree in anthropology. She was a sheep rancher, anthropologist, clubwoman, and writer, and was inducted into the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame in 1987, 25 years after her death. - Summary by Introduction and Verla Viera

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi
• Author credits: Hattie Greene Lockett
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 3:37:48

Catalogue topics

• anthropology
• Native Americans
• american indians
• arizona history
• hopi indians
• university of arizona

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter I, Introduction — 10:38
2. 02 - Chapter II, The Hopi — 13:23
3. 03 - Chapter III, Hopi Social Organization — 18:14
4. 04 - Chapter IV, Pottery and Basket Making Traditional, Its Symbolism; and Chapter V, House Building — 13:29
5. 05 - Chapter VI, Myth and Folktale, General Discussion — 9:46
6. 06 - Chapter VII, Hopi Religion; and Chapter VIII, Ceremonies, General Discussion — 11:18
7. 07 - Chapter IX, Hopi Myths and Traditions and Some Ceremonies Based Upon Them, Part 1 — 14:36
8. 08 - Chapter IX, Hopi Myths and Traditions and Some Ceremonies Based Upon Them, Part 2 — 14:48
9. 09 - Chapter IX, Hopi Myths and Traditions and Some Ceremonies Based Upon Them, Part 3 — 32:41
10. 10 - Chapter X, Ceremonies for Birth, Marriage, Burial — 12:45
11. 11 - Chapter XI, Stories Told Today, Part 1 — 13:31
12. 12 - Chapter XI, Stories Told Today, Part 2 — 20:16
13. 13 - Chapter XI, Stories Told Today, Part 3 — 20:12
14. 14 - Chapter XI, Stories Told Today, Part 4 — 8:12
15. 15 - Chapter XII, Conclusion — 3:59

Listen to this recording

Open the complete recording and player on Internet Archive. The player includes the full track list and available download formats.

Source and rights

This is a record from LibriVox's official Internet Archive collection, with a public-domain licence recorded in its metadata. LibriVox's policy includes its catalogue summaries as well as its recordings. Its public-domain assessment follows United States law; copyright status can differ elsewhere. The summary and track facts are reproduced and reformatted from that record. Dates attached to the archive upload are not treated as original book publication dates.