Algonquian spirit [[electronic resource] ] : contemporary translations of the Algonquian literatures of North America / / edited by Brian Swann

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826092803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2005
• ISBN: 1-280-37446-2; 9786610374465; 0-8032-0533-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (561 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SwannBrian
• Disciplina: 897/.3
• Soggetti: Algonquian literature - North America; Algonquian mythology - North America; Algonquian Indians; Algonquian languages; Legends - North America; North America Folklore
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART 1: East -- The Tale of a Hoax -- Eastern Seaboard Community -- FairWarning -- Lenape -- The Arrival of the Whites -- Munsee -- The Delaware Creation Story -- Passamaquoddy -- Two Animal Stories -- Cihkonaqc: Turtle -- Espons: Raccoon -- Social and Ceremonial Songs -- Song of the Drum -- Maliseet -- Traditions of Koluskap, the Culture Hero -- Mi'kmaq -- The Great Fire -- PART 2: Central -- Naskapi -- Two Wolverine Stories -- Wolverine and the Ducks -- Wolverine and the Geese -- Ojibwe -- Waabitigweyaa, the One Who Found the Anishinaabeg First -- The Origin of War -- That Way We Should Be Walking -- Potawatomi -- Three Tales -- Crane Boy -- A Rabbit Tale -- Raccoon and Wolf -- Eastern Cree -- Louse and Wide Lake -- A Pair of Hero Stories -- The Birds that Flew Off with People -- How the Wolf Came to Be -- Omushkego (Swampy Cree) -- Omushkego Legends from Hudson Bay -- Legend of Wiissaakechaahk -- Anwe and the Cannibal Exterminators -- Miami-Illinois and Shawnee -- Culture-Hero and Trickster Stories -- ; Wiihsakacaakwa Aalhsoohkaakana -- Wilakhtwa -- Ceekiiθa -- Meskwaki -- Winter Stories -- The Ice Maidens -- Has-A-Rock -- Three Winter Stories -- The One Whose Father Was the Sun -- Golden Hide -- The One Whose Eye Was a Bear's Eye -- Menominee -- The Origin of the Spirit Rock -- PART 3: West -- Plains Cree -- Pine Root -- Arapaho -- Ghost Dance Songs -- The Songs -- Three Stories -- The Eagles -- The Second Thought -- The Captive -- Blackfeet -- Scarface -- Cheyenne -- The Rolling Head -- Contributors -- Index.