American Indian Myths and Legends - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Indian Myths and Legends write by Richard Erdoes. This book was released on 2013-12-04. American Indian Myths and Legends available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.
Native American Stories
Native American Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Native American Stories write by Joseph Bruchac. This book was released on 1991. Native American Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A collection of Native American tales and myths focusing on the relationship between man and nature.
American Indian Trickster Tales
American Indian Trickster Tales - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Indian Trickster Tales write by Richard Erdoes. This book was released on 1999-03-01. American Indian Trickster Tales available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Of all the characters in myths and legends told around the world, it's the wily trickster who provides the real spark in the action, causing trouble wherever he goes. This figure shows up time and again in Native American folklore, where he takes many forms, from the irascible Coyote of the Southwest, to Iktomi, the amorphous spider man of the Lakota tribe. This dazzling collection of American Indian trickster tales, compiled by an eminent anthropologist and a master storyteller, serves as the perfect companion to their previous masterwork, American Indian Myths and Legends. American Indian Trickster Tales includes more than one hundred stories from sixty tribes--many recorded from living storytellers—which are illustrated with lively and evocative drawings. These entertaining tales can be read aloud and enjoyed by readers of any age, and will entrance folklorists, anthropologists, lovers of Native American literature, and fans of both Joseph Campbell and the Brothers Grimm.
Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies
Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies write by Ella Elizabeth Clark. This book was released on 1966. Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Myths, personal narratives and historical traditions reveal beliefs and customs of twelve Indian tribes who once lived in the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming
Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest
Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest write by Ella E. Clark. This book was released on 2023-11-10. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of storytelling customs. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest is a treasure, still in print after fifty years.
