Sky loom : Native American myth, story, and song / / edited and with an introduction by Brian Swann

• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (559 p.)
• Disciplina: 398.2089/97
• Soggetto topico: Folk literature, Indian - North America; Indians of North America; Indian mythology - North America; Tales - North America; Legends - North America
• Persona (resp. second.): SwannBrian
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; INTRODUCTION; From Smoothing the Ground; Stone Boy; From On the Translation of Native American Literatures; Oolachan- Woman's Robe: Fish, Blankets, Masks, and Meaning in Boas's Kwakw'ala Texts; Narrative Styles in Dakota Texts; From Coming to Light; The Boy Who Went to Live with the Seals ; The Girl Who Married the Bear; John Sky's "One They Gave Away"; The Sun's Myth; Coyote, Master of Death, True to Life; Seal and Her Younger Brother Lived There; Poetry Songs of the Shoshone Ghost Dance; Running the Deer; Pima Oriole Songs ; Enemy Slayer's Horse SongTwo Stories from the Y; From Voices from Four Directions; Raven Stories; He Became an Eagle; The Flight of Dzilyi neeyáni; Red Swan; The Birth of Nenabozho; Umâyichîs; From Algonquian Spirit; The Delaware Creation Story; A Pair of Hero Stories; Winter Stories; Pine Root; Ghost Dance Songs; From Salish Myths and Legends; Star Husband; Source Acknowledgments; Contributors
• Titolo autorizzato: Sky loom
• ISBN: 0-8032-7601-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787956903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Native literatures of the Americas.