LEADER 02859nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910778378303321 005 20230721031812.0 010 $a0-8173-8093-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000479927 035 $a(EBL)438194 035 $a(OCoLC)183295139 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000232848 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234891 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232848 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10214996 035 $a(PQKB)11739275 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438194 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8920 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438194 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387701 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000479927 100 $a20061130d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReachable stars$b[electronic resource] $epatterns in the ethnoastronomy of eastern North America /$fGeorge E. Lankford 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1568-3 311 $a0-8173-5428-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [279]-297) and index. 327 $aFour 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. 330 $aModern 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 ligh 606 $aIndian cosmology$zEast (U.S.) 606 $aIndian cosmology$zGreat Plains 606 $aIndian mythology$zEast (U.S.) 606 $aIndian mythology$zGreat Plains 606 $aEthnoastronomy$zEast (U.S.) 606 $aEthnoastronomy$zGreat Plains 615 0$aIndian cosmology 615 0$aIndian cosmology 615 0$aIndian mythology 615 0$aIndian mythology 615 0$aEthnoastronomy 615 0$aEthnoastronomy 676 $a305.8971/074 700 $aLankford$b George E.$f1938-$01468631 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778378303321 996 $aReachable stars$93856219 997 $aUNINA