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Author: Hartley Burr Alexander
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-03-07
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 0486122794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis fascinating and informative compendium, assembled by a celebrated anthropologist, offers a remarkably wide range of nomadic sagas, animist myths, cosmogonies and creation myths, end-time prophecies, and other traditional tales.
Author: Richard Erdoes
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: 2013-12-04
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 080415175X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.
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Publisher: Flame Tree Collections
Published: 2020-11-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781839641923
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new selection of myths offers a broad insight into the nature and lifestyle of the ancestral lands of the Native American tribes that once stretched from the tip of Alaska, down to the Bay of Mexico. Hundreds of languages, with traditions and folkore, grew independently across the continent, flourishing in deserts, mountains and lush valleys of a vast land. The loss of such ancient traditions is a reminder of the damage humans can wreak through ignorance, desperation and greed, as settlers from Europe swept imperiously across the newly discovered, but long-populated lands of the so-called New World. From ‘The Great Deeds of Michabo’ to ‘The Legend of Hiawatha’, from trickster creator-deities, heroes and supernatural beings to epic voyages and an affinity with animals, there is so much to discover in this comprehensive new book. It’s the latest addition to Flame Tree’s Epic Tales series of deluxe anthologies and brings together a thoughtful selection of myths and tales from across the ancient plains of North America.
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Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780816504671
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSixty-one tales narrated by Yaquis reflect this people's sense of the sacred and material value of their territory.
Author: Hartley Burr Alexander
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Published: 1916
Total Pages: 496
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dan Flores
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2016-06-07
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0465098533
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New York Times best-selling account of how coyotes--long the target of an extermination policy--spread to every corner of the United States Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation." -Wall Street Journal Legends don't come close to capturing the incredible story of the coyote. In the face of centuries of campaigns of annihilation employing gases, helicopters, and engineered epidemics, coyotes didn't just survive, they thrived, expanding across the continent from Alaska to New York. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won, hands-down. Coyote America is the illuminating five-million-year biography of this extraordinary animal, from its origins to its apotheosis. It is one of the great epics of our time.
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: Q. L. Pearce
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Published: 2012-05-11
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 1420507168
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduce readers to the rich cultural heritage of Native American mythology. This volume draws connections between Native American culture and its myths, and explains how the beliefs, values, and experiences of that culture are represented in its treasured stories. Tales covered include earth diver and origin stories, and myths of culture heroes, nature deities, spirits, and tricksters. This volume has a map of the tribal regions of North America, a table of major characters with name pronunciations and brief descriptions, a glossary, sidebars, fact boxes, a bibliography of sources for further study, and a subject index.
Author: Peter Nabokov
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Indian Running is an eyewitness account of the 6-day, Taos, N.M., to Second Mesa, Hopi, Ariz., 1980 Tricentennial Run commemorating the Pueblo Indian Revolt. The book describes many Indian running traditions and includes historical photos and 1980 photos by Karl Kernberger. Anthropologist Nabokov's books include "Two Leggings: The Making of a Crow Warrior and "Native American Testimony.
Author: Lewis Spence
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 490
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