Handbook of Native American MythologyPopular Hopi kachina dolls and awesome totem poles are but two of the aspects of the sophisticated, seldom-examined network of mythologies explored in this fascinating volume. In thematic chapters and encyclopedia-style entries, Handbook of Native American Mythology examines the characters and deities, rituals, sacred locations and objects, concepts, and stories that define and distinguish mythological cultures of various indigenous peoples. By tracing the traditions as far back as possible and following their evolution from generation to generation, Handbook of Native American Mythology offers a unique perspective on Native American history, culture, and values. It also shows how central these traditions are to contemporary Native American life, including the continuing struggle for land rights, economic parity, and repatriation of cultural property.
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4 Annotated Print and Nonprint Resources | 229 |
5 Reference List | 257 |
6 Glossary | 271 |
Index | 279 |
About the Editors | 297 |
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Handbook of Native American Mythology Dawn Elaine Bastian,Judy K. Mitchell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2008 |
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Seite 218 - The people saw her walking off in the same direction from which she had come, outlined against the red ball of the setting sun. As she went, she stopped and rolled over four times. The first time, she turned into a black buffalo; the second into a brown one, the third into a red one; and finally, the fourth time she rolled over, she turned into a white female buffalo calf. A white buffalo is the most sacred living thingyou could ever encounter.
Seite 115 - ... on Kana'ti's shoulder. When Kana'ti reached the settlement of the Wolf people, they were holding a council in the townhouse. He went in and sat down with the tuft of bird's down on his shoulder, but he never noticed it. When the Wolf chief asked him his business, he said: "I have two bad boys at home, and I want you to go in seven days from now and play ball against them.
Seite 218 - The White Buffalo Woman disappeared over the horizon. Sometime she might come back. As soon as she had vanished, buffalo in great herds appeared, allowing themselves to be killed so that the people might survive. And from that day on, our relations, the buffalo, furnished the people with everything they needed — meat for their food, skins for their clothes and tipis, bones for their many tools.
Seite 117 - What did the cannibals do to you?" "We met them and they brought us to their townhouse, but they never hurt us." Kana'ti said nothing more, and they went on. He soon got out of sight of the boys, but they kept on until they came to the end of the world, where the sun comes out. The sky was just coming down when they got there, but they waited until it went up again, and then they went through and climbed up on the other side. There they found Kana'ti and Selu sitting together. The old folk received...
Seite 113 - Christian teachings. (There's a blue water, it lies there. I went in, I am all blue.) On the fourth morning it shed all its feathers and came out in its bare skin, but on the fifth morning it came out with blue feathers. All this while...
Seite 117 - Boy directed his brother to gather some of the splinters from the tree and told him what to do with them. In a little while they came to the settlement of the cannibals, who, as soon as they saw the boys, came running out, crying, "Good, here are two nice fat strangers. Now we'll have a grand feast!" They caught the boys and dragged them into the townhouse, and sent word to all the people of the settlement to come to the feast. They made up a great fire, put water into a large pot and set it to boiling,...
Seite 232 - Clements, William M., and Frances M. Malpezzi. Native American Folklore, 1879-1979: An Annotated Bibliography. Athens, OH: Swallow Press, 1984.
Seite 41 - In the mind of the American native there exists almost always a clear distinction between two classes of tales. One group relates incidents which happened at a time when the world had not yet assumed its present form, and when mankind was not yet in possession of all the arts and customs that belong to our period. The other group contains tales of our modern period. In other words, tales of the first group are considered as myths ; those of the other, as history.
Seite 117 - They went in together, and in the middle of the swamp they found a large panther asleep. The Wild Boy got out an arrow and shot the panther in the side of the head. The panther turned his head and the other boy shot him on that side. He turned his head away again and the two brothers shot together — tust, tust, tust!
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Handbook of Native American Mythology Handbooks of world mythology World Mythology Series |
| Autoren | Dawn Elaine Bastian, Judy K. Mitchell |
| Ausgabe | illustriert |
| Verlag | ABC-CLIO, 2004 |
| ISBN | 1851095330, 9781851095339 |
| Länge | 297 Seiten |
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