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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463768103321

Titolo

Sky loom : Native American myth, story, and song / / edited and with an introduction by Brian Swann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8032-7601-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (559 p.)

Collana

Native Literatures of the Americas

Disciplina

398.2089/97

Soggetti

Folk literature, Indian - North America

Indians of North America

Indian mythology - North America

Tales - North America

Legends - North America

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; INTRODUCTION; From Smoothing the Ground; Stone Boy; From On the Translation of Native American Literatures; Oolachan- Woman's Robe: Fish, Blankets, Masks, and Meaning in Boas's Kwakw'ala Texts; Narrative Styles in Dakota Texts; From Coming to Light; The Boy Who Went to Live with the Seals ; The Girl Who Married the Bear; John Sky's "One They Gave Away"; The Sun's Myth; Coyote, Master of Death, True to Life; Seal and Her Younger Brother Lived There; Poetry Songs of the Shoshone Ghost Dance; Running the Deer; Pima Oriole Songs

Enemy Slayer's Horse SongTwo Stories from the Y; From Voices from Four Directions; Raven Stories; He Became an Eagle; The Flight of Dzilyi neeyáni; Red Swan; The Birth of Nenabozho; Umâyichîs; From Algonquian Spirit; The Delaware Creation Story; A Pair of Hero Stories; Winter Stories; Pine Root; Ghost Dance Songs; From Salish Myths and Legends; Star Husband; Source Acknowledgments; Contributors