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Author: Facts On File, Incorporated
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1438133111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents detailed coverage of the deities, legendary heroes and heroines, important animals, objects, and places that make up the mythic lore of the many peoples of North America.
Author: Patricia Ann Lynch
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781604138948
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe beliefs of many Native American peoples emphasize a close relationship between people and the natural world, including geographical features such as mountains and lakes and animals such as whales and bison. Therefore, many of the myths of these peoples are stories of strange occurrences where animals or forces of nature and people interact. Native American Mythology A to Z, Second Edition presents detailed coverage of the deities, legendary heroes and heroines, important animals, objects, and places that make up the mythic lore of the many peoples of North America. This new edition is now in full-color for the first time. Coverage includes: Creation accounts from many Native American cultures Influences on and development of Native American mythology The effects of geographic region, environment, and climate on myths Core beliefs of numerous tribes Recurrent themes in myths throughout the continent.
Author: David Michael Jones
Publisher: Lorenz Books
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780754819578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlphabetically-arranged entries provide information on more than nine hundred key characters and themes in the mythology of the Americas.
Author: Kathleen N. Daly
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1438128002
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlphabetically listed entries identify and explain the characters, events, important places, and other aspects of Greek and Roman mythology.
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2002-04-30
Total Pages: 628
ISBN-13: 0380789035
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever he the same...
Author: Ann Bingham
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1438129580
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlphabetically listed entries identify and explain the characters, events, important places, and other aspects of South American and Meso-American mythology.
Author: Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781860198397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn encylopedia of names, places, and subjects in the mythology of native people from North and South America, with over 1500 entries.
Author: Richard Leviton
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
Published: 2005-10-14
Total Pages: 884
ISBN-13: 1612832989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover what secrets myths from twenty-one different cultures from around the world reveal about our planet in this A to Z guide. Richard Leviton has become the pre-eminent authority on sacred sites and visionary geography. Through books such as Signs on the Earth, The Emerald Modem, and The Galaxy on Earth, he has explored both the personal and universal aspects of our connection to the planet. Now he shows in Encyclopedia of Earth Myths how many of the oldest and most evocative of the world’s myths contain a secret about the Earth. They tell something vital about its make-up and history and our long-standing human relation to it. Encyclopedia of Earth Myths offers a unique blueprint for understanding world mythology. Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell tutored us in the psychological relevance of myths and the universality of their themes. Now Richard Leviton shows us how they reveal hidden clues about the Earth’s spiritual landscape. Using clairvoyance and scholarship, Leviton examines 153 mythic topics in A-Z fashion drawn from twenty-one cultures to tease out their information about Earth’s secret landscape. Each entry shows how something considered merely mythic—dragons, giants, the Minotaur, Holy Grail, Fountain of Youth, Golden Apples—actually decodes and illuminates the planet’s esoteric make-up. Whether it’s African, Tibetan, Native American, Hindu, Peruvian, Egyptian, Greek, or one of fourteen other cultures, myths of many cultures all point to the planet. It’s as if clues about the Earth’s visionary geography have been scattered in all cultures, awaiting our retrieval and decoding. Encyclopedia of Earth Myths is also a practical tutorial for a new subject: our Earth. But this is virtually a new planet we’re being introduced to here. The result is an essential reference for anyone interested in world mythology who wants to look beyond the cloak of mythic symbolism and see the world anew.
Author: Adrienne Mayor
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2013-10-24
Total Pages: 489
ISBN-13: 1400849314
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and the Blackfeet, the first people to encounter the dinosaur fossils exposed by the elements. What did Native Americans make of these stone skeletons, and how did they explain the teeth and claws of gargantuan animals no one had seen alive? Did they speculate about their deaths? Did they collect fossils? Beginning in the East, with its Ice Age monsters, and ending in the West, where dinosaurs lived and died, this richly illustrated and elegantly written book examines the discoveries of enormous bones and uses of fossils for medicine, hunting magic, and spells. Well before Columbus, Native Americans observed the mysterious petrified remains of extinct creatures and sought to understand their transformation to stone. In perceptive creation stories, they visualized the remains of extinct mammoths, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine creatures as Monster Bears, Giant Lizards, Thunder Birds, and Water Monsters. Their insights, some so sophisticated that they anticipate modern scientific theories, were passed down in oral histories over many centuries. Drawing on historical sources, archaeology, traditional accounts, and extensive personal interviews, Adrienne Mayor takes us from Aztec and Inca fossil tales to the traditions of the Iroquois, Navajos, Apaches, Cheyennes, and Pawnees. Fossil Legends of the First Americans represents a major step forward in our understanding of how humans made sense of fossils before evolutionary theory developed.
Author: Clare Hibbert
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Published: 1900-01-01
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1482401908
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe mythology of Native Americans is filled with clever creatures, such as Great Rabbit and Coyote, using their wits to overcome adversity. A reverence for nature, especially animals, is key to understanding these timeless tales. Readers will love the fun way these famous stories are presented, with humor and vivid illustrations. "Believe it or not!" boxes offer more facts about Native American cultures.
