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

1st ed

Englisch

Syracuse, N.Y : Syracuse University Press, c2009

Online-Ressource (xxxi, 188 p) : ill., maps

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index

Print version: At the font of the marvelous

0-8156-3207-X hardcover : alk. paper

978-0-8156-3207-8 : hardcover : alk. paper

978-0-8156-5137-6 e-book

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-8156-3207-8 (Druckausgabe)

Introduction : oral narrative of the Iroquois and their neighborsIroquois 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.

*Oral history -- New York (State) ; Oral history -- Ontario ; Folklore -- New York (State) ; Folklore -- Ontario ; New York (State) -- Social life and customs ; Ontario -- Social life and customs ; Algonquian Indians -- Folklore ; Iroquois Indians -- Folklore ; Indian mythology -- New York (State) ; Indian mythology -- Ontario

*Algonquian Indians ; Folklore ; Folklore ; New York (State) ; Indian mythology ; New York (State) ; Indian mythology ; Ontario ; Iroquois Indians ; Folklore ; Oral history ; New York (State) ; Oral history ; Ontario ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: E99.I7

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 398.2089/9755;

"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 worldview

 

Online-Ausg.

2011

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