Choctaw tales [[electronic resource] /] / collected and annotated by Tom Mould |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.2/089/97387 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MouldTom <1969-> |
Soggetto topico |
Choctaw Indians
Choctaw mythology Tales - Southern States Legends - Southern States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-36362-3
9786613363626 1-61703-091-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; THE STORYTELLERS; Storytellers of the Past; Storytellers of the Present; THE GENRES OF CHOCTAW STORYTELLING; Native Terms; Commentary and Contextualization; Patterns and Performance; A Note on the Texts; CREATION STORIES AND MYTHS; The Choctaw Creation Legend; Nané Chaha; Men and Grasshoppers; Creation of the Tribes; Origin of the Crawfish Band; The Creation of the Choctaw; The Migration Legend; Migration; A Short Story of the Creation of the First Man; Tradition of the Flood; The Flood; Lightning and Thunder; The Origin of Corn
Corn-Finding Myth Wild Geese and the Origin of Corn; The Geese, the Ducks, and Water; The Life of Dogs; How the Snakes Acquired Their Poison; The Owl; Tashka and Walo; The Hunter of the Sun; Yallofalaiya; Nameless Choctaw; The Hunter and the Alligator; SUPERNATURAL LEGENDS AND ENCOUNTERS; The Girl and the Devil; The Eagle Story; Skate'ne; Hoklonote'she; A Story of Kashikanchak; Kashikanchak; The Spectre and the Hunter; The Hunter Who Became a Deer; The Man Who Became a Snake; Half-Horse, Half-Man; Kashehotapalo; Na Losa Falaya; Manlike Creature; Okwa Nahollo-White People of the Water; Big Pond The Water Choctaw Pąš Falaya; Nishkin Chafa-One-Eye; Headless Man; The Inhuman Na Losa Chitto; The Demon Na Losa Chitto; A Big Hog; Big Black Hairy Monster; The Black Stump; The Choctaw Robin Goodfellow; The Floating Light; Lights; Kowi Anukasha; Medicine Woman; The Little Man; Pile of Rocks; A Witch; Choctaw Doctors; Shape-Changer; The Baseball Game; Dancing Lights; Hashok Okwa Hui'ga-Dew Drop (Will-o-the-wisp); The Blue Light; Disappearing Lights; The Ghost; Spirit of the Dead; Two Brothers; HISTORICAL LEGENDS; White Men Bring Alcohol; Fighting the Muskogees; Crossing the Line Death of Pushmataha Removal; Sneaking Back from Oklahoma; Land Swindling; Grandfather's Land; Burning Sticks; PROPHECY; Changing Landscape and Intermarriage; Planes, Roads, and Culture; Intermarriage, Roads, and Changing Seasons; Changing World; Electricity, Plumbing, and Social Dancing; Cars, Roads, and Changing Values; A Great Illness; The Third Removal; War; Extinction; End of the World; Land Getting Old; JOKES AND TALL STORIES; The Car; Running Water; Whatyousay; Time to Kill Hogs; The Horse's Egg; The Funeral; The White Cat; The Man and the Turkey; The Dog Who Spoke Choctaw The Trip to ArkansasTall Stories; The Lucky Shot; Help from Above; ANIMAL STORIES; The Ball Game; Race between the Hummingbird and the Crane; The Hummingbird; The Dove Story; How the Biskantak Got Water for the Birds; Why the Buzzard Has More Offspring Than the Owl; Why the Guinea Hen Is Speckled; Boatmaker; The Hunters and the Bears; Rabbit and the Bears; How the Bear Lost His Tail; How the Rabbit Got a Short Tail; How the Bullfrog Lost His Horns; How the Alligator Got His Back; Rabbit and Turtle Race; Race between the Turkey and the Terrapin; Turtle and Turkey; Why Terrapins Never Get Fat Turtle, Turkey, and the Ants |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457809803321 |
Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Choctaw tales [[electronic resource] /] / collected and annotated by Tom Mould |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.2/089/97387 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MouldTom <1969-> |
Soggetto topico |
Choctaw Indians
Choctaw mythology Tales - Southern States Legends - Southern States |
ISBN |
1-283-36362-3
9786613363626 1-61703-091-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; THE STORYTELLERS; Storytellers of the Past; Storytellers of the Present; THE GENRES OF CHOCTAW STORYTELLING; Native Terms; Commentary and Contextualization; Patterns and Performance; A Note on the Texts; CREATION STORIES AND MYTHS; The Choctaw Creation Legend; Nané Chaha; Men and Grasshoppers; Creation of the Tribes; Origin of the Crawfish Band; The Creation of the Choctaw; The Migration Legend; Migration; A Short Story of the Creation of the First Man; Tradition of the Flood; The Flood; Lightning and Thunder; The Origin of Corn
Corn-Finding Myth Wild Geese and the Origin of Corn; The Geese, the Ducks, and Water; The Life of Dogs; How the Snakes Acquired Their Poison; The Owl; Tashka and Walo; The Hunter of the Sun; Yallofalaiya; Nameless Choctaw; The Hunter and the Alligator; SUPERNATURAL LEGENDS AND ENCOUNTERS; The Girl and the Devil; The Eagle Story; Skate'ne; Hoklonote'she; A Story of Kashikanchak; Kashikanchak; The Spectre and the Hunter; The Hunter Who Became a Deer; The Man Who Became a Snake; Half-Horse, Half-Man; Kashehotapalo; Na Losa Falaya; Manlike Creature; Okwa Nahollo-White People of the Water; Big Pond The Water Choctaw Pąš Falaya; Nishkin Chafa-One-Eye; Headless Man; The Inhuman Na Losa Chitto; The Demon Na Losa Chitto; A Big Hog; Big Black Hairy Monster; The Black Stump; The Choctaw Robin Goodfellow; The Floating Light; Lights; Kowi Anukasha; Medicine Woman; The Little Man; Pile of Rocks; A Witch; Choctaw Doctors; Shape-Changer; The Baseball Game; Dancing Lights; Hashok Okwa Hui'ga-Dew Drop (Will-o-the-wisp); The Blue Light; Disappearing Lights; The Ghost; Spirit of the Dead; Two Brothers; HISTORICAL LEGENDS; White Men Bring Alcohol; Fighting the Muskogees; Crossing the Line Death of Pushmataha Removal; Sneaking Back from Oklahoma; Land Swindling; Grandfather's Land; Burning Sticks; PROPHECY; Changing Landscape and Intermarriage; Planes, Roads, and Culture; Intermarriage, Roads, and Changing Seasons; Changing World; Electricity, Plumbing, and Social Dancing; Cars, Roads, and Changing Values; A Great Illness; The Third Removal; War; Extinction; End of the World; Land Getting Old; JOKES AND TALL STORIES; The Car; Running Water; Whatyousay; Time to Kill Hogs; The Horse's Egg; The Funeral; The White Cat; The Man and the Turkey; The Dog Who Spoke Choctaw The Trip to ArkansasTall Stories; The Lucky Shot; Help from Above; ANIMAL STORIES; The Ball Game; Race between the Hummingbird and the Crane; The Hummingbird; The Dove Story; How the Biskantak Got Water for the Birds; Why the Buzzard Has More Offspring Than the Owl; Why the Guinea Hen Is Speckled; Boatmaker; The Hunters and the Bears; Rabbit and the Bears; How the Bear Lost His Tail; How the Rabbit Got a Short Tail; How the Bullfrog Lost His Horns; How the Alligator Got His Back; Rabbit and Turtle Race; Race between the Turkey and the Terrapin; Turtle and Turkey; Why Terrapins Never Get Fat Turtle, Turkey, and the Ants |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779062003321 |
Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Choctaw tales [[electronic resource] /] / collected and annotated by Tom Mould |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.2/089/97387 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MouldTom <1969-> |
Soggetto topico |
Choctaw Indians
Choctaw mythology Tales - Southern States Legends - Southern States |
ISBN |
1-283-36362-3
9786613363626 1-61703-091-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; THE STORYTELLERS; Storytellers of the Past; Storytellers of the Present; THE GENRES OF CHOCTAW STORYTELLING; Native Terms; Commentary and Contextualization; Patterns and Performance; A Note on the Texts; CREATION STORIES AND MYTHS; The Choctaw Creation Legend; Nané Chaha; Men and Grasshoppers; Creation of the Tribes; Origin of the Crawfish Band; The Creation of the Choctaw; The Migration Legend; Migration; A Short Story of the Creation of the First Man; Tradition of the Flood; The Flood; Lightning and Thunder; The Origin of Corn
Corn-Finding Myth Wild Geese and the Origin of Corn; The Geese, the Ducks, and Water; The Life of Dogs; How the Snakes Acquired Their Poison; The Owl; Tashka and Walo; The Hunter of the Sun; Yallofalaiya; Nameless Choctaw; The Hunter and the Alligator; SUPERNATURAL LEGENDS AND ENCOUNTERS; The Girl and the Devil; The Eagle Story; Skate'ne; Hoklonote'she; A Story of Kashikanchak; Kashikanchak; The Spectre and the Hunter; The Hunter Who Became a Deer; The Man Who Became a Snake; Half-Horse, Half-Man; Kashehotapalo; Na Losa Falaya; Manlike Creature; Okwa Nahollo-White People of the Water; Big Pond The Water Choctaw Pąš Falaya; Nishkin Chafa-One-Eye; Headless Man; The Inhuman Na Losa Chitto; The Demon Na Losa Chitto; A Big Hog; Big Black Hairy Monster; The Black Stump; The Choctaw Robin Goodfellow; The Floating Light; Lights; Kowi Anukasha; Medicine Woman; The Little Man; Pile of Rocks; A Witch; Choctaw Doctors; Shape-Changer; The Baseball Game; Dancing Lights; Hashok Okwa Hui'ga-Dew Drop (Will-o-the-wisp); The Blue Light; Disappearing Lights; The Ghost; Spirit of the Dead; Two Brothers; HISTORICAL LEGENDS; White Men Bring Alcohol; Fighting the Muskogees; Crossing the Line Death of Pushmataha Removal; Sneaking Back from Oklahoma; Land Swindling; Grandfather's Land; Burning Sticks; PROPHECY; Changing Landscape and Intermarriage; Planes, Roads, and Culture; Intermarriage, Roads, and Changing Seasons; Changing World; Electricity, Plumbing, and Social Dancing; Cars, Roads, and Changing Values; A Great Illness; The Third Removal; War; Extinction; End of the World; Land Getting Old; JOKES AND TALL STORIES; The Car; Running Water; Whatyousay; Time to Kill Hogs; The Horse's Egg; The Funeral; The White Cat; The Man and the Turkey; The Dog Who Spoke Choctaw The Trip to ArkansasTall Stories; The Lucky Shot; Help from Above; ANIMAL STORIES; The Ball Game; Race between the Hummingbird and the Crane; The Hummingbird; The Dove Story; How the Biskantak Got Water for the Birds; Why the Buzzard Has More Offspring Than the Owl; Why the Guinea Hen Is Speckled; Boatmaker; The Hunters and the Bears; Rabbit and the Bears; How the Bear Lost His Tail; How the Rabbit Got a Short Tail; How the Bullfrog Lost His Horns; How the Alligator Got His Back; Rabbit and Turtle Race; Race between the Turkey and the Terrapin; Turtle and Turkey; Why Terrapins Never Get Fat Turtle, Turkey, and the Ants |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807679003321 |
Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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