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Earth & sky : visions of the cosmos in Native American folklore. edited by Ray A. Williamson and Claire R. Farrer

Williamson, Ray A (1938-) Farrer, Claire R c1992

Available at 33MQB MQB  Magasin  (A 29767 )

  • Title:
    Earth & sky : visions of the cosmos in Native American folklore. edited by Ray A. Williamson and Claire R. Farrer
  • Author: Williamson, Ray A (1938-);
    Farrer, Claire R
  • Subjects: Astronomie indienne d'Amérique;
    Indiens d'Amérique -- Religion;
    Indiens d'Amérique -- Moeurs et coutumes;
    Indians of North America -- Astronomy;
    Indians of North America -- Religion and mythology;
    Indians of North America -- Folklore
  • Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    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
  • Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1992
  • Creation Date: c1992
  • Format: 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
  • Language: English
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