1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454759803321

Autore

Lankford George E. <1938->

Titolo

Looking for lost lore [[electronic resource] ] : studies in folklore, ethnology, and iconography / / George E. Lankford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8173-8106-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

398.2089/97

Soggetti

Indians of North America

Indian mythology

Social structure - North America

Indians of North America - Social life and customs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Losing the lore -- A maze of maize myths -- Red and white -- Saying hello in La Florida -- Saying hello in the Mississippi Valley -- "Reysed after there manner" -- Riders in the sky -- Heads and tales -- A hero's life.

Sommario/riassunto

All students of the past bump into what seem to be impenetrable walls and are left looking longingly beyond the barrier for the lore that seems hopelessly lost. This book is an argument that all that information is not necessarily lost. It may just need a different approach-perhaps multidisciplinary, perhaps a new method, or maybe just with a new hypothesis for testing. Vanished societies have left behind masses of raw data, but it is up to us to discover new ways to look through these windows into the past.   Especially in light of the growing relationship-and tensi



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996391191003316

Autore

Bakewell Thomas <b. 1618 or 19.>

Titolo

An answer to those qvestions propounded by the Parliament to the assembly of divines, touching jus divinum in matter of church-government [[electronic resource] ] : wherein is clearly proved from Scripture, that the presbyterial government is jure devino, of divine institution, and according to the will and appointment of Jesus Christ

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for William Ley, and are to be sold at his shop ..., 1646

Descrizione fisica

20 p

Soggetti

Presbyterianism

Congregationalism

Great Britain History Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Licensed, and published according to order."

Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0062