Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-tales
Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-tales
Author: George Bird GrinnellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The Pawnee Mythology
Author: George Amos DorseyPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803266032
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Pawnee Mythology, originally published in 1906, preserves 148 tales of the Pawnee Indians, who farmed and hunted and lived in earth-covered lodges along the Platte River in Nebraska. The stories, collected from surviving members of four bands-Skidi, Pitahauirat, Kitkehahki, and Chaui-were generally told during intermissions of sacred ceremonies. Many were accompanied by music. George A. Dorsey recorded these Pawnee myths early in the twentieth century after the tribe's traumatic removal from their ancestral homeland to Oklahoma. He included stories of instruction concerning supernatural beings, the importance of revering such gifts as the buffalo and corn, and the results of violating nature. Hero tales, forming another group, usually centered on a poor boy who overcame all odds to benefit the tribe. Other tales invited good fortune, recognized wonderful beings like the witch women and spider women, and explained the origin of medicine powers. Coyote tales were meant to amuse while teaching ethics. George A. Dorsey (1868-1931) was a distinguished anthropologist and journalist who also wrote about the traditions of the Arapahos, Arikaras, and Osages. Douglas R. Parks is a professor of anthropology and associate director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University. He is the editor of James R. Murie's Ceremonies of the Pawnee (Nebraska 1989) and the editor and translator of Myths and Traditions of the Arikara Indians (Nebraska 1996).
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1895-1902
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
New Library World
Author: The Library World
Author: American Home Life
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
Book Description
Books for Young Readers
Author: Elsa H. NaumburgPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description