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| has gloss | eng: The Hopi maintain a complex religious and mythological tradition stretching back over centuries. However, it is difficult to definitively state what all Hopis as a group believe. Like the oral traditions of many other societies, Hopi mythology is not always told consistently and each Hopi mesa, or even each village, may have its own version of a particular story. But, "in essence the variants of the Hopi myth bear marked similarity to one another." It is also not clear that those stories which are told to non-Hopis, such as anthropologists and ethnographers, represent genuine Hopi beliefs or are merely stories told to the curious while keeping safe the Hopi's more sacred doctrines. As folklorist Harold Courlander states, "there is a Hopi reticence about discussing matters that could be considered ritual secrets or religion-oriented traditions." David Roberts continues that "the secrecy that lies at the heart of Puebloan [including Hopi] life...long predates European contact, forming an intrinsic feature of the culture." In addition, the Hopis have always been willing to assimilate foreign ideas into their cosmology if they are proven effective for such practical necessities as... |
| lexicalization | eng: Hopi mythology |
| instance of | (noun) a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock) Pueblo |
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| Catalan | |
| has gloss | cat: La mitologia hopi és la pròpia dels hopi, un poble nadiu nord-americà. No constitueix un corpus de creences tan arrelat com altres cultures però es poden detectar una sèrie de narracions i concepcions del món que la conformen. A més a més, la barreja amb missioners cristians va fer-los adoptar figures religioses europees. |
| lexicalization | cat: Mitologia hopi |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | |
| has gloss | ell: Οι Θεοί Ο Κοκοπέλλι είναι ένας θεός που λατρεύεται από πολλές φυλές στα νοτιοδυτικά. Είναι καμπούρης και παίζει φλογέρα. Οι Χόπι πίστευαν ότι αυτός έφερνε τα μωρά στις εγκύους, ενώ έχει σχέση με πολλές τελετές που σχετίζονται με το γάμο. |
| lexicalization | ell: Μυθολογία Χόπι |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: De Hopimythologie is de mythologie van de Hopistammen die leven in het noordoosten van de Amerikaanse staat Arizona, waar zij de meest zuidelijke van de pueblo-indianen zijn. Hopi betekent goed, vreedzaam en wijs. |
| lexicalization | nld: Hopi mythologie |
| lexicalization | nld: Hopi-mythologie |
| lexicalization | nld: Hopimythologie |
| Castilian | |
| has gloss | spa: La mitología hopi es la mitología de los hopi, un pueblo amerindio. No constituye un corpus de creencias tan arraigado como otras culturas pero se pueden detectar una serie de narraciones y concepciones del mundo que la conforman. Además, la mezcla con misioneros cristianos los hizo adoptar figuras religiosas europeas. |
| lexicalization | spa: Mitologia hopi |
| lexicalization | spa: Mitología hopi |
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