At the font of the marvelous : exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors / / Anthony Wonderley
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| Autore: |
Wonderley Anthony <1949->
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| Titolo: |
At the font of the marvelous : exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors / / Anthony Wonderley
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| Pubblicazione: | Syracuse, N.Y., : Syracuse University Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 398.2089/9755 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | New York (State) Social life and customs |
| Ontario Social life and customs | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | At the font of the marvelous |
| ISBN: | 0-8156-5137-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820214103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Iroquois and their neighbors.