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Book Cloud Swallower

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Fowler
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2007-09-10
  • ISBN : 1469117681
  • Pages : 179 pages

Download or read book Cloud Swallower written by David Fowler and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-09-10 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Zuni legend, a 500 year old grudge, fi ve violent deaths, a romantic and cultural reconnection, arson, a Canadian mining company, and identical twin brothers following different, confl icting paths to aid in the survival of their Northern New Mexico pueblo all form the tapestry of this book Cloud Swallower

Book Native American Mythology A to Z

Download or read book Native American Mythology A to Z written by Patricia Ann Lynch and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features over four hundred entries that explore such topics as the core beliefs of various tribes, creation accounts, and recurrent themes throughout North American native cultures. The beliefs of many Native American peoples emphasize a close relationship between people and the natural world, including geographical features such as mountains and lakes, and animals such as whales and bison. Therefore, many of the myths of these peoples are stories of strange occurrences where animals or forces of nature and people interact. These stories are full of vitality and have captured the attention of young people, in many cases, for centuries. Native American Mythology A to Z presents detailed coverage of the deities, legendary heroes and heroines, important animals, objects, and places that make up the mythic lore of the many peoples of North America from northern Mexico into the Arctic Circle. A comprehensive reference written for young people and illustrated throughout, this volume brings to life many Native American myths, traditions, and beliefs. Offering an in depth look at various aspects of Native American myths that are often left unexplained in other books on the subject, this book is a valuable tool for anyone interested in learning more about various Native American cultures. Coverage includes creation accounts from many Native American cultures; influences on and development of Native American mythology; the effects of geographic region, environment, and climate on myths; core beliefs of numerous tribes; recurrent themes in myths throughout the continent. The beliefs of many Native American peoples emphasize a close relationship between people and the natural world.

Book  The Giant Cloud swallower

Download or read book The Giant Cloud swallower written by Frank Hamilton Cushing and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Zuni Folk Tales

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  • Author : Frank Hamilton Cushing
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2018-09-21
  • ISBN : 3734045185
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book Zuni Folk Tales written by Frank Hamilton Cushing and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Zuni Folk Tales by Frank Hamilton Cushing

Book Zu  i Folk Tales

Download or read book Zu i Folk Tales written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Archaeologist

Download or read book The Archaeologist written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Out West

Download or read book Out West written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains monthly column of the Sequoya League.

Book Zu i

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frank H. Cushing
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 1981-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780803270077
  • Pages : 468 pages

Download or read book Zu i written by Frank H. Cushing and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Hamilton Cushing's stay at Zu_i pueblo from 1879 to 1884 made him the first professional anthropologist actually to live with his subjects. Learning the language and winning acceptance as a member not only of the tribe but of the tribal council and the Bow Priesthood, he was the original participant observer and the only man in history to hold the double title of "1st War Chief of Zu_i, U. S. Ass't Ethnologist." A pioneer in southwestern ethnology, he combined the discipline of science with a remarkable imaginative capacity for identifying with Indian modes of thought and perception?and corresponding gifts of expression.

Book Zuni Folktales

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frank Hamilton Cushing
  • Publisher : Standard Ebooks
  • Release : 2024-09-26T21:26:54Z
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 410 pages

Download or read book Zuni Folktales written by Frank Hamilton Cushing and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2024-09-26T21:26:54Z with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zuni Folktales is a collection of traditional stories from the Zuni, a Native American people who live in the American southwest, mainly in the modern states of New Mexico and Arizona. These stories are a part of larger group of oral tradition. As such, there are no “definitive” versions of these tales, and the ones in this book are simply one possible version of the stories. Like traditional stories from other cultures, the tales from this collection often seek to teach something to the listener: how to behave, a moral lesson, or an explanation of natural phenomena. Frank Hamilton Cushing was an anthropologist who went on an expedition to collection data and artifacts from Native American cultures, which led him to do significant work on the Zuni people. The tales that he collected in this volume were told to him by Zuni natives. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Book Out West Magazine

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1899
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 770 pages

Download or read book Out West Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Journal of American Folklore

Download or read book The Journal of American Folklore written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Zu  i Folk Tales

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frank Hamilton Cushing
  • Publisher : Library of Alexandria
  • Release : 2020-09-28
  • ISBN : 1465580131
  • Pages : 524 pages

Download or read book Zu i Folk Tales written by Frank Hamilton Cushing and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is instructive to compare superstition with science. Mythology is the term used to designate the superstitions of the ancients. Folk-lore is the term used to designate the superstitions of the ignorant of today. Ancient mythology has been carefully studied by modern thinkers for purposes of trope and simile in the embellishment of literature, and especially of poetry; then it has been investigated for the purpose of discovering its meaning in the hope that some occult significance might be found, on the theory that the wisdom of the ancients was far superior to that of modern men. Now, science has entered this field of study to compare one mythology with another, and pre-eminently to compare mythology with science itself, for the purpose of discovering stages of human opinion. When the mythology of tribal men came to be studied, it was found that their philosophy was also a mythology in which the mysteries of the universe were explained in a collection of tales told by wise men, prophets, and priests. This lore of the wise among savage men is of the same origin and has the same significance as the lore of Hesiod and Homer. It is thus a mythology in the early sense of that term. But the mythology of tribal men is devoid of that glamour and witchery born of poetry; hence it seems rude and savage in comparison, for example, with the mythology of the Odyssey, and to rank no higher as philosophic thought than the tales of the ignorant and superstitious which are called folk-lore; and gradually such mythology has come to be called folk-lore. Folk-lore is a discredited mythology—a mythology once held as a philosophy. Nowadays the tales of savage men, not being credited by civilized and enlightened men with that wisdom which is held to belong to philosophy, are called folk-lore, or sometimes folk-tales. The folk-tales collected by Mr. Cushing constitute a charming exhibit of the wisdom of the Zuñis as they believe, though it may be but a charming exhibit of the follies of the Zuñis as we believe. The wisdom of one age is the folly of the next, and the opinions of tribal men seem childish to civilized men. Then why should we seek to discover their thoughts? Science, in seeking to know the truth about the universe, does not expect to find it in mythology or folk-lore, does not even consider it as a paramount end that it should be used as an embellishment of literature, though it serves this purpose well. Modern science now considers it of profound importance to know the course of the evolution of the humanities; that is, the evolution of pleasures, the evolution of industries, the evolution of institutions, the evolution of languages, and, finally, the evolution of opinions. How opinions grow seems to be one of the most instructive chapters in the science of psychology. Psychologists do not go to the past to find valid opinions, but to find stages of development in opinions; hence mythology or folk-lore is of profound interest and supreme importance. Under the scriptorial wand of Cushing the folk-tales of the Zuñis are destined to become a part of the living literature of the world, for he is a poet although he does not write in verse. Cushing can think as myth-makers think, he can speak as prophets speak, he can expound as priests expound, and his tales have the verisimilitude of ancient lore; but his sympathy with the mythology of tribal men does not veil the realities of science from his mind.

Book American Anthropologist

Download or read book American Anthropologist written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Keepers of the Earth

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  • Author : Michael J. Caduto
  • Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9781555913854
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Keepers of the Earth written by Michael J. Caduto and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flagship book in the "Keepers of the Earth" series is an environmental classic for teaching children to respect the Earth.

Book Aliens  Gods  and Other Paranormal Native American Tales

Download or read book Aliens Gods and Other Paranormal Native American Tales written by G.W. Mulins and published by Light Of The Moon Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native American Mythology began long before the European settlers arrived on North American soil. Contrary to popular beliefs, there is more to Native American Folklore than stories of buffalo hunts, teepee living and animal stories. Hundreds of tribes throughout North American created a huge mythological system that has rivaled that of the Greeks. Many of these tales have been lost, or are often hard to find. This collection represents a history that should be remembered. As a Native American myself, I embrace these stories. Native Americans tribes offer such a rich heritage. They have recorded a huge amount of their history through storytelling. In these stories you will relive their history and the lives of North America’s First People. The stories in this book have been handed down from generation to generation. And in such tradition, they are now handed down to you, to share with the next generation. Included in this anthology, are a group of collected works from the well-known, to the often-forgotten tribes. The tales included within this book, feature some of the most familiar and popular recorded… Gods, Aliens and all things Paranormal. Among the stories included in this book are: The Star Feathers, The Nûñnë'hï And Other Spirit Folk, The Ghost Woman, The Gods and the Six Regions, Wíshakon and His Friend Visit the Plėthoak (Thunderers), The Raven Mocker, The Giants from the West, The Young Woman and Thunder, Tsuwe'nähï: A Legend of Pilot Knob, When the Storm God Rides, Qalagánguasê, Who Passed to the Land of Ghosts, The Deserted Village, The Boy from the Bottom of the Sea, Who Frightened the People of the House to Death, The Water Cannibals, Átahsaia, the Cannibal Demon, The Twelve Stars, The Man Who Married the Thunder's Sister, The Maiden Who Loved a Star, The Man Who Became a Star, Tsul'kälû, the Slant-eyed Giant, The Woman with the Iron Tail, The Evil Water Spirits, The Great Leech of Tlanusi'yï, A Man Chased by the Ancient of Lizards, The Origin of Death, The Giant Cloud-Swallower, Kumagdlak and the Living Arrows, The Stick That Sang, The Tsundige'wï, The Ice Man, The Thunder Spirits, The Walking Stone, and many more.

Book The Maya End Times

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patricia Mercier
  • Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
  • Release : 2012-01-01
  • ISBN : 1780283350
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book The Maya End Times written by Patricia Mercier and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the Maya Prophecies, the 5,000-year"Fourth Age" will come to it end in 2012. In a remarkable adventure which takes her all over Central South America and involves strange ceremonies at sacred pyramids, scaling an active volcano and chases with drug runners, Patricia Mercier attempts to discover whether 2012 will be the end of the world as know it or the dawning of a new golden age.

Book Native American Mythology A to Z

Download or read book Native American Mythology A to Z written by Facts On File, Incorporated and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents detailed coverage of the deities, legendary heroes and heroines, important animals, objects, and places that make up the mythic lore of the many peoples of North America.