Description |
160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
How the world was made: Tirawa and the song of the stars -- How the first people were made -- Climbing the ladder of the worlds -- How animals made the world -- The Buffalo skin sky -- The two-men-who-changed-things -- Tricksters and culture heroes: How Spiderman was tricked by his wife -- How coyote stole fire -- How raven brought the daylight -- How rabbit caught the sun -- Nanabozho and the flood -- Glooskap and Malsum -- Glooskap and the four wishes -- Coyote, fox and the wolves -- Coyote and the earth monster -- Coyote and the box of light -- Earth, sea and sky: Thunderbird and the water monster -- Why the sun hides from the moon -- Father sun and the twin boys -- How spider stole the sun -- Sedna and the sea -- Why night follows day -- Sky spirit and fine weather woman -- Quests and sacred gifts: Selu the corn maiden -- White buffalo woman and the buffalo-calf pipe of peace -- Bith Ahatini and the night chant -- Tiyo and the snake dance -- Poia and the sun dance -- Mondawmin the corn spirit -- The boy who brought the buffaloes -- Ghosts and th supernatural: How death came into the world -- The flying head -- Blue jay and Ioi -- The boy who ran with the wolves -- The wooden doll. |
Subject |
Indian mythology -- North America.
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Tales -- North America.
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Legends -- North America.
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Local Subject |
Spirituality -- Indigenous -- North America.
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ISBN |
185585824X |
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