02892nam 2200661 a 450 991045191100332120200520144314.00-8173-8093-0(CKB)1000000000479927(EBL)438194(OCoLC)183295139(SSID)ssj0000232848(PQKBManifestationID)11234891(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232848(PQKBWorkID)10214996(PQKB)11739275(MiAaPQ)EBC438194(MdBmJHUP)muse8920(Au-PeEL)EBL438194(CaPaEBR)ebr10387701(EXLCZ)99100000000047992720061130d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReachable stars[electronic resource] patterns in the ethnoastronomy of eastern North America /George E. LankfordTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20071 online resource (320 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1568-3 0-8173-5428-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-297) and index.Four ethnoastronomies -- The star husband -- The morning stars -- The morning star of the Winnebago -- Stars in the north : bears, biers, and boats -- The star cluster -- The star women -- The path through the stars -- The starry hand -- The serpent in the stars -- Some ethnoastronomical insights.Modern Westerners say the lights in the sky are stars, but culturally they are whatever we humans say they are. Some say they are Forces that determine human lives, some declare they are burning gaseous masses, and some see them as reminders of a gloried past by which elders can teach and guide the young-mnemonics for narratives. Lankford's volume focuses on the ancient North Americans and the ways they identified, patterned, ordered, and used the stars to light their culture and illuminate their traditions. They knew them as regions that could be visited by human spirits, and so the lighIndian cosmologyEast (U.S.)Indian cosmologyGreat PlainsIndian mythologyEast (U.S.)Indian mythologyGreat PlainsEthnoastronomyEast (U.S.)EthnoastronomyGreat PlainsElectronic books.Indian cosmologyIndian cosmologyIndian mythologyIndian mythologyEthnoastronomyEthnoastronomy305.8971/074Lankford George E.1938-850636MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451911003321Reachable stars2486604UNINA