02858nam 2200661 a 450 991077804170332120200520144314.00-8173-8106-6(CKB)1000000000774966(EBL)454565(OCoLC)426526616(SSID)ssj0000362646(PQKBManifestationID)12151200(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000362646(PQKBWorkID)10380913(PQKB)10379622(SSID)ssj0000194189(PQKBManifestationID)11197155(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194189(PQKBWorkID)10231182(PQKB)10570525(MdBmJHUP)muse8862(Au-PeEL)EBL454565(CaPaEBR)ebr10309012(MiAaPQ)EBC454565(EXLCZ)99100000000077496620071015d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLooking for lost lore[electronic resource] studies in folklore, ethnology, and iconography /George E. LankfordTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20081 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5479-4 0-8173-1610-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-239) and index.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.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 tensiIndians of North AmericaFolkloreIndian mythologySocial structureNorth AmericaIndians of North AmericaSocial life and customsIndians of North AmericaIndian mythology.Social structureIndians of North AmericaSocial life and customs.398.2089/97Lankford George E.1938-1468631MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778041703321Looking for lost lore3813962UNINA