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• catalog abstract "The growing economic and political influence of Native American tribes has brought religious issues, once little noted, increasingly to the fore. Timeless in their basic structures, the continent's principal myths are now emerging as sacred histories that have contemporary significance. In this wide-ranging volume, John Bierhorst carefully delineates eleven mythological regions--from the Arctic to the Southwest and from California to the East Coast--presenting the gods, heroes, and primary myths of each area. First published in 1985, this indispensable guide has been updated to reflect the latest scholarship in Native studies. In a new Afterword, Bierhorst describes the recent impact of ancient myths in the arena of American Indian affairs and shows how Native Americans have successfully used mythology as oral evidence to reclaim land rights and to repatriate grave goods. Citing specific cases, he shows how new legislation and changing attitudes "have provided a basis for bringing myth to the negotiating table and into the courtroom. "Detailed maps show tribal locations and the distribution of key stories. Indian artworks illustrate the texts and samples of differing narrative styles add enrichment, as some of the world's purest and most powerful myths are made more accessible--and more meaningful--than ever before.".
• catalog contributor b12612768.
• catalog created "2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-262) and index.".
• catalog description "Machine generated contents note: Part one: Northwest coast -- Hungry heroes -- Clans, crests, and ceremonies -- Family ties -- Part two: far north -- Storytelling in the arctic -- Athapascan variations -- Part three: Southwest -- Emergence -- Heroes and their grandmothers -- Dying god -- Part four: Ewest central -- Creators of California -- Great basin heroes and heroines -- Part five: Coast-plateau -- Remaking the world -- Making the world as it is -- Part six: Plains -- Father creators and boy heroes -- Earth and sky -- Myths for the future -- Part seven: East -- Lost worlds of the southeast -- Northeast: Turtle island -- Northeast: Gluskap's country -- Part eight: Midwest -- Hare cycle -- Lore of the kin.".
• catalog description "The growing economic and political influence of Native American tribes has brought religious issues, once little noted, increasingly to the fore. Timeless in their basic structures, the continent's principal myths are now emerging as sacred histories that have contemporary significance. In this wide-ranging volume, John Bierhorst carefully delineates eleven mythological regions--from the Arctic to the Southwest and from California to the East Coast--presenting the gods, heroes, and primary myths of each area. First published in 1985, this indispensable guide has been updated to reflect the latest scholarship in Native studies. In a new Afterword, Bierhorst describes the recent impact of ancient myths in the arena of American Indian affairs and shows how Native Americans have successfully used mythology as oral evidence to reclaim land rights and to repatriate grave goods. Citing specific cases, he shows how new legislation and changing attitudes "have provided a basis for bringing myth to the negotiating table and into the courtroom. "Detailed maps show tribal locations and the distribution of key stories. Indian artworks illustrate the texts and samples of differing narrative styles add enrichment, as some of the world's purest and most powerful myths are made more accessible--and more meaningful--than ever before.".
• catalog extent "ix, 268 :".
• catalog hasFormat "Mythology of North America.".
• catalog identifier "0195146220".
• catalog identifier "0195146239 (alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "9780195146226".
• catalog identifier "9780195146233 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Mythology of North America.".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog relation "Mythology of North America.".
• catalog spatial "Amérique du Nord".
• catalog spatial "Amérique du Nord.".
• catalog spatial "North America.".
• catalog subject "398.2/08997 21".
• catalog subject "E98.R3 B54 2001".
• catalog subject "E98.R3 B54 2002".
• catalog subject "Indian mythology North America.".
• catalog subject "Indians of North America Folklore.".
• catalog subject "Indiens d'Amérique Amérique du Nord Folklore.".
• catalog subject "Mythologie indienne d'Amérique Amérique du Nord.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: Part one: Northwest coast -- Hungry heroes -- Clans, crests, and ceremonies -- Family ties -- Part two: far north -- Storytelling in the arctic -- Athapascan variations -- Part three: Southwest -- Emergence -- Heroes and their grandmothers -- Dying god -- Part four: Ewest central -- Creators of California -- Great basin heroes and heroines -- Part five: Coast-plateau -- Remaking the world -- Making the world as it is -- Part six: Plains -- Father creators and boy heroes -- Earth and sky -- Myths for the future -- Part seven: East -- Lost worlds of the southeast -- Northeast: Turtle island -- Northeast: Gluskap's country -- Part eight: Midwest -- Hare cycle -- Lore of the kin.".
• catalog title "The mythology of North America : with a new afterword / John Bierhorst.".
• catalog type "Folklore. fast".
• catalog type "text".