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Native American Myths & Legends by
Native American Myths & Legends is a wide-ranging examination of mythology among the First Nations people in Canada and the USA, featuring examples from Apache, Blackfoot, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Cree, Inuit, Lakota, Navajo, Sioux, Tlingit, and many other tribes. Arranged by region and tribe, the book includes creation myths and heroic journeys, and features a huge range of characters from benign harvest spirits to fearsome sea beasts, from ominous disembodied heads to invisible woodland creatures. There are famous figures, too, such as the trickster Coyote, the mighty Thunderbird and the cannibalistic Algonquian monster Wendigo. Ranging from the Inuits in the North to the Apache in the South, from Tlingit in the West across to Algonquin in the East, the book delves deeply into the folklore of North America's indigenous peoples, exploring the importance of features such sweat lodge ceremonies, the concept of balance in The Four Directions, totem poles and the idea of the upper world and an underworld. Illustrated with 180 photographs and artworks, Native American Myths & Legends is both an exciting and an enlightening exploration of the cultural beliefs of North America's First Nations peoples. -- Publisher description
Call Number: E98.F6 M36 2018
Cherokee Myths and Legends by Call Number: E99.C5 N675 2014
The Sacred Wisdom of the American Indians by Call Number: E98.R3 Z567 2011
Native American Folktales by Call Number: E98.F6 N382 2009
Handbook of Inca Mythology by Call Number: F3429 .S77 2004
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- Myths and Legends of the Sioux
From Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library - Old Indian LegendsFrom Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library
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South and Meso-American Mythology A - Z by ISBN: 1604134143
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