Author: Jeremiah CurtinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indian mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Creation Myths of Primitive America in Relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind
Author: Jeremiah CurtinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indian mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Native American Creation Myths
Author: Jeremiah CurtinPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486148076
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Traditional American Indian life revolved around communication with divinity, and these authentic stories about the origin of the earth and its creatures embody every facet of their culture — customs, institutions, and art.
A Dictionary of Creation Myths
Author: David Adams LeemingPublisher:
ISBN: 9780195102758
Category : Creation
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Creation Myths of the World [2 volumes]
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Author: David A. LeemingPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598841750
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The most comprehensive resource available on creation myths from around the world—their narratives, themes, motifs, similarities, and differences—and what they reveal about their cultures of origin. ABC-CLIO's breakthrough reference work on creation beliefs from around the world returns in a richly updated and expanded new edition. From the Garden of Eden, to the female creators of Acoma Indians, to the rival creators of the Basonge tribe in the Congo, Creation Myths of the World: An Encyclopedia, Second Edition examines how different cultures explain the origins of their existence. Expanded into two volumes, the new edition of Creation Myths of the World begins with introductory essays on the five basic types of creation stories, analyzing their nature and significance. Following are over 200 creation myths, each introduced with a brief discussion of its culture of origin. At the core of the new edition is its enhanced focus on creation mythology as a global human phenomenon, with greatly expanded coverage of recurring motifs, comparative themes, the influence of geography, the social impact of myths, and more.
The Outlook
Author: Lyman AbbottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
Book Description
Outlook
Author: Alfred Emanuel SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description
Nature
Author: Sir Norman LockyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1350
Book Description
Notes and Queries
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Questions and answers
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Notes and Queries and Historic Magazine
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Questions and answers
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Ishi's Brain: In Search of Americas Last "Wild" Indian
Author: Orin StarnPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393293076
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
From the mountains of California to a forgotten steel vat at the Smithsonian, this "eloquent and soul-searching book" (Lit) is "a compelling account of one of American anthropology's strangest, saddest chapters" (Archaeology). After the Yahi were massacred in the mid-nineteenth century, Ishi survived alone for decades in the mountains of northern California, wearing skins and hunting with bow and arrow. His capture in 1911 made him a national sensation; anthropologist Alfred Kroeber declared him the world's most "uncivilized" man and made Ishi a living exhibit in his museum. Thousands came to see the displaced Indian before his death, of tuberculosis. Ishi's Brain follows Orin Starn's gripping quest for the remains of the last of the Yahi.