Native American storytelling : a reader of myths and legends
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Native American storytelling : a reader of myths and legends
Blackwell, 2004
- : pbk
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  鳥取
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  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The myths and legends in this book have been selected both for their excellence as stories and because they illustrate the distinctive nature of Native American storytelling.
A collection of Native American myths and legends.
Selected for their excellence as stories, and because they illustrate the distinctive nature of Native American storytelling.
Drawn from the oral traditions of all major areas of aboriginal North America.
Reveals the highly practical functions of myths and legends in Native American societies.
Illustrates American Indians' profound engagement with their natural environment.
Edited by an outstanding interpreter of Native American oral stories.
目次
- List of Figures. To The Reader. Tewa. 1. "Where They Were Living Lived Laughing Warrior Girl. . . ". Kalispell. 2. "A Young Man (Rabbit) Lived With His Grandmother. One Day He Pitied Her. . .". Kathlamet. 3. "There Was A Chief Of A Town. His Relatives Live In Five Towns". Tillamook. 4. "Wild Woman Was Living Alone. Her Husband, High Class Crane, . . .". Sioux. 5. "A Man Lived With His Two Wives And A Brother. One Day The Brother. . .". . Origins. Cherokee (A). 6. "In The Beginning There Was No Fire, And The World Was Cold, Until. . .". Gros Ventre. 7. "The People Before The Present People Were Wild. They Did Not Know. . .". Cherokee (B). 8. "When I Was A Boy This Is What The Old Men Told Me They Had Heard. . .". Seneca (A). 9. "A Long Time Ago Human Beings Lived High Up In What Is Now Called. . .". . Seneca (B). 10. "There Was A Lodge In The Forest Where Few People Ever Came. . .". Eskimo. 11. "Two Men Were Trappers. One Of Them Kept Catching A Lot Of Ground Hogs
- . . .". Cherokee (C). 12. "Once When All The People Of The Settlement Were Out . . .". . Trickster. Three Chinook-Wishram Coyote Tales. 13. "Coyote Heard About Two Women Who Had Fish. . .". 14. "A Certain Old Man Was Sitting In The Trail With His Penis. . .". 15. "Again Coyote Travelled Up The River. In The Water He Saw. . .". Clackamas (A). 16. "Coyote And His Five Children Lived There, Four Males, . . .". . Clackamas (B). 17. "They Lived There, Seal, Her Daughter, And Seal's Younger Brother. . . .". Hopi. 18. "In Oraibi The People Were Living. At The West End Of The South Row. . .". Wintu. 19. "Long Ago There Came Into Being Some People Who Had Four Children,. . . ". Yana. 20. "' Now Dig For Roots. The Nuts Are Already Ripe - Let's Climb. . .'". Navajo--Mountain Chant Myth. 21. "On The Morrow, When He Went Forth On His Hunt, His Father. . .". Blackfoot. 22. "'There Are Two Bright Stars,' Brings-Down-The-Sun Said, 'That Sometimes. . .'. Onondaga. 23. "Tall, Fierce, And Hostile, They Were A Powerful Tribe, The Stone Giants!". Further Reading. Index
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