Reachable stars : patterns in the ethnoastronomy of eastern North America /

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Modern Westerners say the lights in the sky are stars, but culturally they are whatever we humans say they are. Some say they are Forces that determine human lives, some declare they are burning gaseous masses, and some see them as reminders of a gloried past by which elders can teach and guide the...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lankford, George E., 1938-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Indian cosmology.
Indian mythology > East (U.S.)
Indian mythology > Great Plains.
Ethnoastronomy > East (U.S.)
Ethnoastronomy > Great Plains.
Cosmologie des Peuples autochtones.
Mythologie des Peuples autochtones > Grandes Plaines.
Ethnoastronomie > Grandes Plaines.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Ethnoastronomy
Indian cosmology
Indian mythology
Great Plains
East United States
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