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Autore: | Wonderley Anthony Wayne <1949-> |
Titolo: | At the font of the marvelous [[electronic resource] ] : exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors / / Anthony Wonderley |
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 | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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.: | 9910457471303321 |
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