ISBN:
081563207X
,
9780815632078
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxxi, 188 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Iroquois and their neighbors
Series Statement:
The Iroquois and Their Neighbors
Parallel Title:
Print version At the font of the marvelous
DDC:
398.2089/9755
Keywords:
Oral history
;
Oral history
;
Folklore
;
Folklore
;
Algonquian Indians Folklore
;
Iroquois Indians Folklore
;
Indian mythology
;
Indian mythology
;
Algonquian Indians ; Folklore
;
Folklore ; New York (State)
;
Indian mythology ; New York (State)
;
Indian mythology ; Ontario
;
Iroquois Indians ; Folklore
;
Oral history ; New York (State)
;
Oral history ; Ontario
;
Electronic books
;
New York (State) ; Social life and customs
;
Ontario ; Social life and customs
;
Folklore ; Ontario
;
New York (State) Social life and customs
;
Ontario Social life and customs
Abstract:
"The folktales and myths of the Iroquois and their Algonquian neighbors rank among the most imaginatively rich and narratively coherent traditions in North America. Inspired by these wondrous tales, Anthony Wonderley explores their significance to the Iroquois and Algonquian religion and worldview
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : oral narrative of the Iroquois and their neighborsIroquois star lore : what does it mean? -- War in the west : nineteenth-century Iroquois legends of conquest -- Killer lizards, Eldritch fish, and horned serpents -- Old good twin : Sky Holder during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- The story of Windigo -- The friendly visitor : an Iroquois stone giant goes calling in Algonquian country -- Mythic imagery in Iroquoian archaeology.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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