Mother Earth, Father Sky : Native American myth.
Title:
Mother Earth, Father Sky : Native American myth.
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ISBN:
9780705435239
Publication Information:
Amsterdam : Time-Life, c1997.
Physical Description:
144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 28 cm.
Series:
General Note:
"Writers, Tom Lowenstein, Piers Vitebsky ... created, edited and designed by Duncan Baird Publishers"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
Indian world: First Americans -- Tapestry of peoples -- Sacred places -- Earthdivers and creators: Earthdivers -- Of seasons, seals and cereals -- From darkness to light -- Search for home -- Great spirit -- Origin of the sun, moon and stars -- Details of the universe -- Peopling of the earth -- How old age and death began -- Myth and art -- Spiritual cosmos: "The earth is my mother" -- Circle of heaven -- Watery realms -- Sun, moon and stars -- Spirits of nature -- Thunder, lightning, fire and rainbow -- Society of animals -- Animal souls and the afterlife -- Soul theory and spirit flight -- Next life -- Keepers of order: Tricksters, the unpredictable spirits -- Raven and hare -- Coyote, a sly wild dog -- Heroes of myth and history -- Demons and monsters -- Sacred and terrifying creatures -- Humans and animals -- Animal spouses and guardians -- Vulnerability of animals -- On the warpath -- Totems and clans -- Northwest coast societies -- Web of ceremony: Shamans and medicine -- Soul flights, dreams and vision quests -- Sacred societies -- Hunting ceremonies -- Sun dance -- Revivals and cults -- Alien eye -- Native American legacy.
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