ISBN:
9780803230408
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0803230400
Language:
English
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Undetermined
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxii, 303 p.)
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ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library
Series Statement:
Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kimball, Geoffrey D., 1954- Koasati traditional narratives
DDC:
398.089738
Keywords:
Koasati Indians Folklore
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Tales Southern States
;
Koasati language Texts
;
Southern States
;
Koasati Indians Folklore
;
Tales
;
Koasati language Texts
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
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Koasati Indians
;
Koasati language
;
Tales
;
Folklore
;
Texts
;
Southern States
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Electronic books Folklore
;
Texts
Abstract:
Appendix 1: Linguistically Analyzed TextsCorn Woman ; The Great Lizard ; Barred Owl and Mouse ; The Boy and the Pygmy Rattlesnake ; How a Man Lost his Breechcloth to a bull ; Appendix 2: Transcriptions of Swanton's Texts; The Great Lizard ; Corn Woman ; References.
Abstract:
Chapter 4: Animal StoriesA Man Switches Lives with Vulture ; The Orphan and the Bear ; The Bear-Kidnapped Child ; The Traveling Orphan ; Peregrine Falcon and Great Horned Owl ; Wolf and Box Turtle Run a Race ; Great Blue Heron and Hummingbird Race ; Barred Owl and Mouse ; The Contest of Heat and Cold ; The Contest of the Elf, Human, Panther, and Wildcat ; Bear is Tricked by Jay ; Chapter 5: Medicine Origin Tales; Bear Medicine ; Chapter 6: Christian Tales; Adam and Eve ; The Origin of the Races ; How Far is it to Hell? ; Part Two: Semihistorical Narratives ; Chapter 7: Encounter Stories.
Abstract:
The First Meeting of the Indians and the Europeans (First Version) The First Meeting of the Indians and the Europeans (Second Version) ; The Origin of the Name ""Koasati"" ; The Origin of Black People ; Chapter 8: War Stories; The Attack of the Tonkawa Cannibals ; Comanche Horse-Stealing Raids ; Outwitting the Comanche ; The Grandfathers' Revenge ; Rescuing The Kidnapped Girl ; Chapter 9: Other Semihistorical Stories; The Drought ; The Drowned Village (First Version) ; The Drowned Village (Second Version) ; The Boy and the Pygmy Rattlesnake ; How a Man Lost his Breechcloth to a Bull.
Abstract:
Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Illustrations ; The Narrators ; Preface; Part One: Mythological Narratives; Chapter 1: Rabbit Stories; Rabbit Steals Fire ; Rabbit Tricks Great-One-Who-Eats-Human-Beings ; Rabbit Switches Dung with Great-One-Who-Eats-Human-Beings ; Rabbit and Great-one-Who-Eats-Human-Beings Have a Dung Contest ; Rabbit Tricks Great-One-Who-Eats-Human-Beings Overseas ; Rabbit and Box Turtle Run a Race ; How Rabbit Made the Water Run Crooked ; Rabbit and Deer Swap Feet ; The Bungling Host ; Vulture ""Cures"" Rabbit ; Chapter 2: Origin Tales.
Abstract:
The Origin of the Koasati The Origin of the Crow ; The Origin of the Stars in the Sword and Belt of Orion ; The Origin of the Pleiades ; The Thunderer and the Man ; The Origin of Deer ; The Origin of Illness ; Corn Woman ; The Origin of Corn ; How Opossum Got a Bare Tail ; Turkey and Owl Swap Calls ; The Two Winds ; The Origin of Deciduous Trees (First Version) ; The Origin of Deciduous Trees (Second Version) ; How Bat Received his Wings ; Chapter 3: Monster Stories; The Obstacle Flight ; Eater-of-the-Living ; The Great Lizard ; The Great Lizard ; The Clawed Witches.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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