Native American myths

✍ Scribed by Spence, Lewis

Publisher: Dover Publications
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 144
Series: Dover thrift editions
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Drawn from the myths and legends of the Algonquins, Iroquois, Sioux, Pawnee, and Northern and Northwestern Indians, these enchanting tales offer insights into tribal character and beliefs. Selected by the distinguished British anthropologist and folklorist Lewis Spence, they range in theme from romantic love to rivalry between warriors to victory over powerful forces. The details of their recounting evoke images of Native Americans' innermost aspirations and fears as well as their larger worldview.
A major forerunner of modern studies of myth, this compelling book blends the legends with factual material, giving each myth a meaningful perspective. Students of anthropology and ethnology will prize the especially rich variety of mythical imagery in this collection, which features a simple, direct manner of storytelling that will appeal to children as well as to adults. All readers will find in these pages a treasury of suspenseful tales that reveal much of the spirit of North America's original cultures.

✦ Subjects

Indian mythology -- North America.;Indians of North America -- Folklore.;Indian mythology.;Indians of North America.;North America.

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