Format:
Online-Ressource (xxxi, 188 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
081563207X
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9780815632078
Series Statement:
Iroquois and their neighbors
Content:
"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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index
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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.
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780815651376
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780815632078
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe At the font of the marvelous
Language:
English
URL:
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