ISBN:
9781555916930
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 130 S.
DDC:
398.2089/97
Keywords:
Indians of North America Folklore
;
Indians of North America Rites and ceremonies
;
Masculinity Folklore
;
Tales
;
Anthologie
;
Nordamerika
;
Indianer
;
Männliche Jugend
;
Erwachsenwerden
;
Märchen
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- The Northeast -- The dream fast, Anishinabe -- White weasel, Abenaki -- Racing the Great Bear, Iroquois -- Granny squannit and the bad young man, Wampanoag -- The Southeast -- How the game animals were set free, Cherokee -- The wild boy, Caddo -- The underwater lodge, Muskogee (creek) -- The wisdom of the willow tree, Osage -- The Southwest -- The owl-man giant and the monster elk, Apache -- How the hero twins found their father, diné (Navajo) -- The bear boy, Pueblo -- The ghost society, Yuki -- The Northwest -- The light-haired boy, Lakota -- Star boy, Cheyenne -- Salmon boy, Tlingit -- Tommy's whale, Inupiaq.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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