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American Indian myths and legends

Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008 (Added Author). Ortiz, Alfonso, 1939-1997 (Added Author).

Summary: Indian (Native American) myths and legends of creation, sun, moon, stars, heroes, monsters, warriors, love, lust, Coyote the trickster, animals, ghosts, and the end of the world.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0394507967
  • ISBN: 9780394507965
  • ISBN: 0394740181 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780394740188 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    xv, 527 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, ©1984.

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General Note:
Series statement from jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 522-525) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Rabbit boy kicked that blood clot around: tales of human creation -- The place of emergence: tales of world creation -- The eye of the great spirit: tales of the sun, moon, and stars -- Ordeals of the hero: monsters and monster slayers -- Counting coup: war and the warrior code -- The sound of flutes: tales of love and lust -- Coyote laughs and cries: trickster tales -- Four legs, two legs, and no legs: stories of animals and other people -- Something whistling in the night: ghosts and the spirit world -- Only the rocks and mountains last forever: visions of the end.
Subject: Indians of North America Northwest, Pacific Folklore
Indian mythology North America
Indians of North America Folklore
Indians of North America Legends
Indians of North America Religion and mythology

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kirtland Community College Library E 98 .F6 A44 1984 30775305478084 General Collection Available -

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