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Wonderley Anthony <1949-> |
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Titolo |
At the font of the marvelous [[electronic resource] ] : exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors / / Anthony Wonderley |
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Syracuse, N.Y., : Syracuse University Press, c2009 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Collana |
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Iroquois and their neighbors |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Iroquois Indians |
Algonquian Indians |
Indian mythology - New York (State) |
Indian mythology - Ontario |
Oral history - New York (State) |
Oral history - Ontario |
Folklore - New York (State) |
Folklore - Ontario |
New York (State) Social life and customs |
Ontario Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : oral narrative of the Iroquois and their neighbors -- Iroquois star lore : what does it mean? -- War in the west : nineteenth-century Iroquois legends of conquest -- Killer lizards, Eldritch fish, and horned serpents -- Old good twin : Sky Holder during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- The story of Windigo -- The friendly visitor : an Iroquois stone giant goes calling in Algonquian country -- Mythic imagery in Iroquoian archaeology. |
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