Download or read book Indian Legends of Canada written by Ella Elizabeth Clark and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of storyteller was always a very special one among Native Americans, combining the functions of philosopher, historian, and entertainer. Winter was the time for the stories around the fire, when the hunt was over and people longed to be “lifted to the fairyland of pure imagination,” as an early twentieth-century Native American has said. This book contains the magic created around the Indian fireside, for readers of all ages. It includes myths of creation, culture myths, nature myths, and beast fables, as well as the legends, personal narratives and historical traditions of thirty North American Indian tribes.
Download or read book Canadian Wonder Tales written by Cyrus MacMillan and published by Orth Press. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Download or read book Tales Told in Canada written by Edith Fowke and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 1986 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thunder in the Mountains written by Hilda Mary Hooke and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of Canadian folk tales of the Indians and the White Man.
Download or read book Legends of the Nahanni Valley written by Hammerson Peters and published by Hammerson Peters via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A non-fiction exploring some of Northern Canada's greatest forgotten mysteries- the stories and legends surrounding the watershed of the South Nahanni River. . Deep in the heart of the Canadian North lies a mysterious valley shrouded in legend. Lured by tales of lost gold, prospectors who enter it tend to lose their heads or vanish without a trace. Some say that the valley is cursed- haunted by an evil spirit whose wailings echo in the canyons. Others claim that it is home to monsters- relics of its prehistoric past. What secrets could the valley be hiding? What mysteries lie buried beneath its misty shroud?
Download or read book Thirty Indian Legends written by Margaret Bemister and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Thirty Indian Legends" by Margaret Bemister. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Myths and Legends Beyond Our Borders written by Charles M. Skinner and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2012 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kind reception of Mr. Skinner's first volume has encouraged him to go beyond the territory of the United States for material for a fresh collection ; and this material he now embodies in a small-sized but rather closely printed book of " Myths and Legends Beyond Our Borders". About two-thirds of the collection are drawn from Canada, and the remainder from Mexico. There is much curious and suggestive matter in the volume, and it should not be neglected by students of folk-lore. From the contents: Canada Explorers And Aborigines Myths Of Creation, Heaven, And Hell Glooskap At Menagwes The Dogs Of Clote Scaurp The Missions A Few Monsters Some Names Troubles On The St. Lawrence American Elephants Hidden Gold How One Bear Lost His Life The Isle Of Demons The Figure In Smoky Hut The Shadow Of Holland Cove The Friar Of Campobello Two Melicite Victories The Flame Sloop Of Caraquette The Acadians And Evangeline The Tolling Off Gaspe The Ride To Death The General With An Ear The Defence Of St. John Brother And Sister In Battle The Golden Dog The Grave In The Cellar The Mountain And The See The Sin Of Father St. Bernard Larouche Had His Wish The Heart Of Frontenac The Devil Dance On Orleans The Defiance At Elora The Miracles Of Sainte Anne Tadousac Bell At Midnight The Bell Of Caughnawaga The Massacre At Bic The Doom Of Mamelons The Revenge Of Hudson Kenen's Sacrifice The Calling Of Zoe De Mersac The Headless Deserters The Devil's Head Father Jacques's Vengeance The Bonnechere Affair He Went Back For His Gun Kwasind, The Strong The Curse Of Success The Death Of Wahwun The Devil's Half-Acre Medicine Hat Ghost Woman At The Blood Camp The Blackfoot Eden The Wicked Wife Fourth Of July At Yale Death Of The Great Beaver Why The Mountains Were Made The Place Of Dead Men How The Indians Became Red The Pool Of Destruction Yehl, The Light-Maker The Shelter Of Edgecumbe How Selfishness Was Punished The Ghost Of Sitka Castle A Fatal Rivalry Bad Boys Of Na-As River The Baffled Ice God Mexico White Visitors Before Columbus The White God Spiritual Guidance Eagle, Snake, And Cactus Told In Yucatan Our Lady Of Guadalupe Our Lady Of The Remedies Some Other Miracles The Picture And The Storm The Mischievous Cocktail The Councillors Of Lagos The Humpback Of Colima Why Cholula Pyramid Was Built The Ark On Colhuacan ... and many more ...
Download or read book Canadian Fairy Tales written by Cyrus MacMillan and published by London : J. Lane. This book was released on 1922 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Folklore of Canada written by Edith Fowke and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 1976 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of Canada's diverse folk traditions, including a section on native peoples with tales from each of the major groups.
Download or read book Legends Told in Canada written by Edith Fowke and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legends Told in Canada is Edith Fowke's selection of Canadian historical legends, of British and French origin, illustrated with artifacts from the collections of the Royal Ontario Museum. Of historical legends Fowke writes, "They are more apt to be linked to a particular place or situation, and therefore reflect a country's history and culture more than other folktales.".
Download or read book National Dreams written by Daniel Francis and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past--the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National Dreams is an incisive study of the most persistent icons and stories in Canadian history, and how they inform our sense of national identity: the fundamental beliefs that we Canadians hold about ourselves. National Dreams is the story of our stories; the myths and truths of our collective past that we first learned in school, and which we carry throughout our adult lives as tangible evidence of what separates us from other nationalities. Francis examines various aspects of this national mythology, in which history is as much storytelling as fact. Textbooks were an important resource for Francis. "For me, these books are interesting not because they explain what actually happened to us, but because they explain what we think happened to us." For example, Francis documents how the legend of the CPR as a country-sustaining, national affirming monolity was created by the company itself--a group of capitalists celebrating the privately-owned railway, albeit one which was generously supported with public land and cash--and reiterated by most historians ever since. Similarly, we learn how the Mounties were transformed from historical police force to mythic heroes by a vast army of autobiographers, historians, novelists, and Hollywood filmmakers, with little attention paid to the true role of the force in such incidents as the Bolshevik rebellion, in which a secret conspiracy by the Government against its people was conducted through the RNWMP. Also revealed in National Dreams are the stories surrounding the formation and celebration of Canadian heroes such as Louis Riel and Billy Bishop.
Download or read book Wendigo Canada s Legendary Demon of Greed and Weakness Mythology for Kids True Canadian Mythology Legends Folklore written by Professor Beaver and published by Professor Beaver. This book was released on 2021-01-03 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The windigo is one scary monster that kills and eats its victims. Stories of the windigo haunt Canadians until today. The older people must have used the myth to teach the young not to be greedy and weak. That's the beauty of myths. They are creative means to tell lessons, of course, with a side serving of fear too.
Download or read book Great Canadian Ghost Stories written by Barbara Smith and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling collection of iconic ghost stories from all across Canada. Time and place are infused with ghosts and hauntings. From coast to coast to coast, Canada’s provinces and territories teem with the supernatural—phantoms obscured in the mists of time, spectres that delight in wreaking terror, and spirits destined to linger forever at the edge of the veil. Visit the far-flung corners of Canada to discover the folklore and legends behind: the ghost of a Newfoundland outlaw that leads blizzard-blind men to safety A poltergeist infestation that gleefully tortured an entire Nova Scotia family A fleet of phantom ships that haunt the coastline of New Brunswick the haggard spectre of a murderous witch in historic Quebec City Saskatchewan’s ghost-ridden military cadet academy an Alberta cabbie’s encounter with a silent shadow of a man in black the headless railway brakeman of Vancouver a moaning, man-shaped mist that haunts a Yukon cabin From east to west to way up north, bestselling author and renowned storyteller Barbara Smith traverses Canada’s provinces and territories to unearth more than 100 supernatural tales that careen between heartwarming, horrifying, sorrowful, and spine-chilling.
Download or read book CANADIAN FAIRY TALES 26 Canadian Indian Folk and Fairy Tales written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 26 tales in this collection, were gathered from various parts of Canada—at a time when the most convenient method of travel was by the Canadian waterways. The compiler traveled the rivers, lakes and oceans where sailors and fishermen still watched the stars. He gathered them in forest clearings where lumbermen still retained remnants of the old and now vanished way of life; where Indians used to barter for their goods and from remote country places where women spin and speak with reverence of the days of their fathers. The 26 tales in this volume are: How Glooskap Made The Birds The Rabbit And The Grain Buyers Saint Nicholas And The Children The Fall Of The Spider Man The Boy Who Was Called Thick-Head Rabbit And The Indian Chief Great Heart And The Three Tests The Boy Of The Red Twilight Sky How Raven Brought Fire To The Indians The Girl Who Always Cried Ermine And The Hunter How Rabbit Deceived Fox The Boy And The Dragon Owl With The Great Head And Eyes The Tobacco Fairy From The Blue Hills Rainbow And The Autumn Leaves Rabbit And The Moon-Man The Children With One Eye The Giant With The Grey Feathers The Cruel Stepmother The Boy Who Was Saved By Thoughts The Song-Bird And The Healing Waters The Boy Who Overcame The Giants The Youth And The Dog-Dance Sparrow's Search For The Rain The Boy In The Land Of Shadows The skeleton of each story has been left for the most part unchanged, although the languages differ somewhat from that of the story-tellers from whose lips the writer heard them. Fairy tales make a universal appeal both to old and young; to the young because it is the fantasy world into which they can retreat, and to the old because they are conscious again of the spirit of youth as they read such tales to their children and grandchildren, and rejoice in the illusion that after all there is not a great difference of age which separates the generations. ============== TAGS: Folklore, fairy tales, myths, legends, children’s stories, childrens, fables, bedtime, Canadian, North American, American Indian, Native American, First Nation, Glooskap, Made The Birds, Rabbit, Grain Buyers, Saint Nicholas, Fall, Spider Man, Boy, Thick-Head, Indian Chief, Great Heart, Three Tests, Red, Twilight Sky, Raven, Fire, Girl, Always Cried, Ermine, Hunter, Deceive, Fox, Dragon, Owl, Great Head, Eyes, Tobacco, Fairy, Blue Hills, Rainbow, Autumn Leaves, Moon-Man, One Eye, Giant, Grey Feathers, Cruel Stepmother, Thoughts, Song-Bird, Healing Waters, Overcame, overcome, Youth, Dog-Dance, Sparrow, Search, Rain, Land Of Shadows
Download or read book Legends of French Canada written by Edward Carruthers Woodley and published by New York : B. Blom. This book was released on 1971 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legends of Vancouver written by E. Pauline Johnson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson
Download or read book The Witch of the North written by Mary Alice Downie and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A COLLECTION OF FRENCH CANADIAN FOLK TALES ADAPTED FOR THE YOUNG READER. GRADES 4-6.
