Format:
Online Ressource (xii, 337 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0813028957
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9780813028958
Content:
Beliefs and ritual: Role of mythology -- Cosmogony -- Creek cosmology -- Souls -- Spiritual specialists -- Miscellaneous beliefs -- Sacred plants or medicines -- Sacred time and space -- Ceremony and ritual -- Conclusions -- Myths and legends: Earth diver myths -- Emergence myths -- Migration legends -- Relationships between the tribes -- Journeys into the sky world -- Visitors from the sky world -- Snake man legends -- Man-eating birds -- Tobacco and corn; sacred plants to the Creeks -- Contemporary Creek myths and legends.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-318) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Beliefs and ritual: Role of mythologyCosmogony -- Creek cosmology -- Souls -- Spiritual specialists -- Miscellaneous beliefs -- Sacred plants or medicines -- Sacred time and space -- Ceremony and ritual -- Conclusions -- Myths and legends: Earth diver myths -- Emergence myths -- Migration legends -- Relationships between the tribes -- Journeys into the sky world -- Visitors from the sky world -- Snake man legends -- Man-eating birds -- Tobacco and corn; sacred plants to the Creeks -- Contemporary Creek myths and legends.
Additional Edition:
081302451X
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Creation myths and legends of the Creek Indians
Language:
English
Keywords:
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