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• catalog abstract "Native American starlore has instructed and entertained non-natives for generations. Yet until recently the importance of this extensive body of tradition and acute observation has been ignored or viewed by non-natives simply as crude means to astronomical insight. In this edited collection, seventeen folklorists and astronomers consider American starlore and its relation to specific observation of the sky in terms of its native uses and interpretations. Far from being another recount of sky mythology, this is a book that relates clear descriptions of astronomical phenomena and mechanics to interpretation and ritual usage from all areas of North America. Navajo, Seneca, Alabama, Pawnee, Lakota, Apache, and other peoples are represented. Rather than focus on pristine astronomies, the contributors to this volume consider ongoing traditions and contemporary usages. A broad perspective on the exciting new field of ethnoastronomy, as well as fascinating insight into Native American wisdom.".
• catalog alternative "Earth and sky.".
• catalog contributor b3571673.
• catalog contributor b3571674.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction : the animating breath / Ray A. Williamson and Claire F. Farrer -- Cosmos and poesis in the Seneca thank-you prayer / Paul Zolbrod -- The celestial skiff : an Alabama myth of the stars / Ray A. Williamson -- " ... by you they will know the directions to guide them" : stars and Mescalero Apaches / Claire R. Farrer -- Morning star, evening star : Zuni traditional stories / M. Jane Young -- Navajo earth and sky and the celestial life force / Rik Pinxten and Ingrid Van Dooren -- The Hooghan and the stars / Trudy Griffin-Pierce -- Saguaro wine, ground figures, and power mountains : investigations at Sears Point, Arizona / Tom Hoskinson -- Menil (moon) : symbolic representation of Cahuilla woman / Lowell Bean -- Racing Simloki's shadow : the Ajumawi interconnection of power, shadow, equinox and solstice / Jack M. Broughton and Floyd Buckskin -- North Pacific ethnoastronomy : Tsimshian and others / Jay Miller -- Clot-of-blood / Alice B. Kehoe -- On the necessity of sacrifice in Lakota stellar theology as seen in "the hand" constellation, and the story of "the chief who lost his arm" / Ronald Goodman -- The chief and his council : unity and authority from the stars / Von Del Chamberlain -- The conjurer's lodge : celestial narratives from Algonkian Shamans / Thor Conway -- Asking the stars : narrative indicators of Seneca hunting ceremonial / Thomas McElwain -- Epilogue : blue archaeoastronomy / Claire R. Farrer and Ray A. Williamson.".
• catalog description "Native American starlore has instructed and entertained non-natives for generations. Yet until recently the importance of this extensive body of tradition and acute observation has been ignored or viewed by non-natives simply as crude means to astronomical insight. In this edited collection, seventeen folklorists and astronomers consider American starlore and its relation to specific observation of the sky in terms of its native uses and interpretations. Far from being another recount of sky mythology, this is a book that relates clear descriptions of astronomical phenomena and mechanics to interpretation and ritual usage from all areas of North America. Navajo, Seneca, Alabama, Pawnee, Lakota, Apache, and other peoples are represented. Rather than focus on pristine astronomies, the contributors to this volume consider ongoing traditions and contemporary usages. A broad perspective on the exciting new field of ethnoastronomy, as well as fascinating insight into Native American wisdom.".
• catalog extent "299 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Earth & sky.".
• catalog identifier "0826313175".
• catalog isFormatOf "Earth & sky.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,".
• catalog relation "Earth & sky.".
• catalog spatial "North America.".
• catalog subject "398.26 20".
• catalog subject "E98.A88 E18 1992".
• catalog subject "Indian astronomy North America.".
• catalog subject "Indian mythology North America.".
• catalog subject "Indians of North America Folklore.".
• catalog subject "Indians of North America Religion.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : the animating breath / Ray A. Williamson and Claire F. Farrer -- Cosmos and poesis in the Seneca thank-you prayer / Paul Zolbrod -- The celestial skiff : an Alabama myth of the stars / Ray A. Williamson -- " ... by you they will know the directions to guide them" : stars and Mescalero Apaches / Claire R. Farrer -- Morning star, evening star : Zuni traditional stories / M. Jane Young -- Navajo earth and sky and the celestial life force / Rik Pinxten and Ingrid Van Dooren -- The Hooghan and the stars / Trudy Griffin-Pierce -- Saguaro wine, ground figures, and power mountains : investigations at Sears Point, Arizona / Tom Hoskinson -- Menil (moon) : symbolic representation of Cahuilla woman / Lowell Bean -- Racing Simloki's shadow : the Ajumawi interconnection of power, shadow, equinox and solstice / Jack M. Broughton and Floyd Buckskin -- North Pacific ethnoastronomy : Tsimshian and others / Jay Miller -- Clot-of-blood / Alice B. Kehoe -- On the necessity of sacrifice in Lakota stellar theology as seen in "the hand" constellation, and the story of "the chief who lost his arm" / Ronald Goodman -- The chief and his council : unity and authority from the stars / Von Del Chamberlain -- The conjurer's lodge : celestial narratives from Algonkian Shamans / Thor Conway -- Asking the stars : narrative indicators of Seneca hunting ceremonial / Thomas McElwain -- Epilogue : blue archaeoastronomy / Claire R. Farrer and Ray A. Williamson.".
• catalog title "Earth & sky : visions of the cosmos in Native American folklore / edited by Ray A. Williamson and Claire R. Farrer.".
• catalog title "Earth and sky.".
• catalog type "Folklore. fast".
• catalog type "text".