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Book Synopsis American Indian Myths and Legends by : Richard Erdoes
Download or read book American Indian Myths and Legends written by Richard Erdoes and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.
Download or read book Indian Myths written by J.K. Jackson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India, one of the great, ancient civilizations spawned a fascinating canon of myths and legends. With multiple gods, and a riot of colour and character this fantastic new book, Indian Myths, explores the themes and landscapes that created the tales, and reveals the boundless energy that has brought us the Ramayana,The Mahabharata, and retells the stories of Krishna, Buddha and Shiva, and some of the many different versions of creation. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Book Synopsis Texas Indian Myths & Legends by : Jane Arcger
Download or read book Texas Indian Myths & Legends written by Jane Arcger and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into a colorful pageantry of the powerful people who once ruled and still influence the great state of Texas. From the Caddo in the Piney Woods, the Lipan Apache in the Southwest, the Wichita at the Red River, and the Comanche across the Great Plains to the Alabama-Coushatta in the Big Thicket, five nations come alive through myth and history in Jane Archer's vividly written book about the first Texans.
Book Synopsis Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest by : Ella E. Clark
Download or read book Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest written by Ella E. Clark and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of storytelling customs. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest is a treasure, still in print after fifty years.
Book Synopsis Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies by : Ella Elizabeth Clark
Download or read book Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies written by Ella Elizabeth Clark and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myths, personal narratives and historical traditions reveal beliefs and customs of twelve Indian tribes who once lived in the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming
Book Synopsis Indian Myths by : Ellen Russell Emerson
Download or read book Indian Myths written by Ellen Russell Emerson and published by Boston : J.R. Osgood. This book was released on 1884 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Indian Myths and Legends by : K. E. Sullivan
Download or read book Indian Myths and Legends written by K. E. Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is a celebration of mythology and legend and a tribute to the extraordinary myriad of cultures that have and do still thrive in the world.
Book Synopsis Indian Myths and Legends from the North Pacific Coast of America by : Franz Boas
Download or read book Indian Myths and Legends from the North Pacific Coast of America written by Franz Boas and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indian Mythology written by Veronica Ions and published by Bounty Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Native American Myths by : J.K. Jackson
Download or read book Native American Myths written by J.K. Jackson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Algonquins, Iroquois, the legend of Hiawatha and The Last of the Mohicans – the tribes of North America and their folk tales are deeply fascinating because they are unique amongst the mythologies of the world. The tribes were isolated from outside influence for thousands of years and developed a fruitful, empathetic relationship with their landscape, evolving a tradition that respected and feared nature in equal measure. The retold tales collected for this new book celebrate the diverse tribal vision of a rich and powerful land that still resonates today. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Book Synopsis Grandmothers of the Light by : Paula Gunn Allen
Download or read book Grandmothers of the Light written by Paula Gunn Allen and published by Womens PressLtd. This book was released on 1992 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary collection of goddess stories from Native American civilizations across the continent, Paula Gunn Allen shares myths that have guided female shamans toward an understanding of the sacred for centuries.
Book Synopsis Southern Indian Myths and Legends by : Virginia Pounds Brown
Download or read book Southern Indian Myths and Legends written by Virginia Pounds Brown and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents fifty-seven stories from Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole mythology, in such categories as creation and migration of tribes, the origin of tobacco, fire, and other gifts of the Great Spirit, and monsters and heroes.
Download or read book Indian Mythology written by Jan Knappert and published by Thorsons Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Indian Legends written by Zitkala-Sa and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[...]hurry off! Stop! halt!" urged one of the singers. "Stop! stay! Show us what is in your blanket!" cried out other voices. "My friends, I must not spoil your dance. Oh, you would not care to see if you only knew what is in my blanket. Sing on! dance on! I must not show you what I carry on my back," answered Iktomi, nudging his own sides with his elbows. This reply broke up the ring entirely. Now all the ducks crowded about Iktomi. "We must see what you carry! We must know what is in your blanket!" they shouted in both his ears. Some even brushed their wings against the mysterious bundle. Nudging himself again, wily Iktomi said, "My friends, 't is only a pack of songs I carry in my blanket." "Oh, then let us hear your songs!" cried the curious ducks. At length Iktomi consented to sing his songs. With delight all the ducks flapped their wings and cried together, "Hoye! hoye!" Iktomi, with great care, laid down his bundle on the ground. "I will build first a round straw house, for I never sing my songs in the open air," said he. Quickly he bent green willow sticks, planting both ends of each pole into[...]".
Book Synopsis Indian Myth and Legend by : Donald A. Mackenzie
Download or read book Indian Myth and Legend written by Donald A. Mackenzie and published by anboco. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the myths and legends of India, which survive to us in the rich and abundant storehouse of Sanskrit literature, and with the rise and growth of Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jainism, &c. The reader is introduced to the various sacred works of the Hindus, including the ancient invocatory hymns of the four Vedas, the later speculative and expository "Forest Books" in which "the Absolute is grasped and proclaimed", and those great epic poems the Rámáyana, which is three times longer than the Iliad, and the Máhábharata, which is four times longer than the Rámáyana. In no other country have the national poets given fuller and finer expression to the beliefs and ideals and traditions of a people, or achieved as a result wider and more enduring fame. At the present day over two hundred million Hindus are familiar in varying degrees with the legendary themes and traditional b...
Author :Donald A. MacKenzie Publisher :Heian International Publishing Company ISBN 13 :9789971491260 Total Pages :463 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (912 download)
Book Synopsis Myths & Legends of India by : Donald A. MacKenzie
Download or read book Myths & Legends of India written by Donald A. MacKenzie and published by Heian International Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great epics from the vast treasury of ancient indian literature.
Book Synopsis Texas Indian Myths & Legends by : Jane Arcger
Download or read book Texas Indian Myths & Legends written by Jane Arcger and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five native nations of Texas come alive in this vividly written book.
