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At the font of the marvelous : exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors /

"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 worldv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wonderley, Anthony, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, ©2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Iroquois and their neighbors.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : oral narrative of the Iroquois and their neighbors
  • Iroquois 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.