Huron And Wyandot Mythology, With An Appendix Containing Earlier Published Records
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- Englisch ausgewählt
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
15.03.2021
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
466
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/2,7 cm
Gewicht
751 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5448-457-5
From fireside story to written record, Huron And Wyandot Mythology opens a rare window onto the spiritual world of the Great Lakes First Nations. A landmark Native American mythology book by pioneering ethnologist Marius Barbeau, it gathers Huron and Wyandot myths, Iroquoian creation stories and ritual narratives first carried in the breath of elders. These old stories still speak. Across tales of origins, journeys, encounters with spirit-beings and the shaping of the land, readers glimpse a living cosmos in which humans, animals and unseen powers are bound in reciprocal relationship. More than a simple indigenous folklore collection, this volume stands as a careful scholarly mythology reference and an enduring indigenous studies reference book. Barbeau records First Nations oral traditions alongside an extensive appendix of earlier published records, allowing modern readers and researchers to trace how Canadian First Nations legends were heard, translated and interpreted over time. As a resource for folklore research it bridges museum, field and community, preserving strands of Great Lakes indigenous mythology within a single Native American legends anthology that respects both narrative texture and cultural context. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Ideal for readers drawn to Iroquois folklore and myth, for students and scholars of anthropology and history, and for classic-literature collectors seeking a definitive early account of Huron and Wyandot story traditions in the North American canon.
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