The Locator -- [(title = "Pole")]

933 records matched your query       


Record 11 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Title:
Native American myths and legends.
Publisher:
Arcturus Publishing Limited,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
223 pages ; 20 cm
Subject:
Indians of North America--Folklore.
Indians of North America
Folklore
Contents:
The last of the thunderbirds (Inuit). The discovery of the Upper World (Jicarillas) -- Creation myth (Navajo) -- How the world was made (Cherokee) -- The first fire (Cherokee) -- The flood and the rainbow (Delaware, Lenni-Lenapi) -- Sacred legend (Omaha) -- The bird of ages (Cree) -- The mother of the world (Tlicho) -- Alaskan creation myths (Inuit) -- The bringing of the light by raven (Inuit) -- The first totem pole (Kwakiutl) -- Sakechak, the hunter (Caddos) -- The Earth-maker (Winnebago) -- How the old man above created the world (Shastika) -- Old mole's creation (Shastika) -- How Qawaneca created the world (Chemetunne) -- Genesis (Blackfoot) -- The creation of the world (Pima) -- Beginning of newness -- (Zuni) -- The men of early times (Zuni) -- Spider's creation (Sia) -- How Silverfox created the world (Atsugewi) -- Creation of the world (Wyandot) -- Machinitou, the evil spirit (Algonquin) -- How the people got five fingers and other stories (Miwok) -- The evil maker (Ojibwa) -- Legend of the corn (Arikara) -- Yo-Sem-i-Te, large grizzly bear (Yosemite) -- The raven myth (Inuit) -- The flood (Tlingit) -- How raven stole the lake (Haida) -- Origin of light and fire (Lillooet) -- Raven's canoe men (Haida) -- Raven and Moon-woman (Haida) -- Fable of the animals (Karok) -- How coyote stile fire (Klamath) -- Origin of the tribes (Chinook) -- How Ah-ha'-le stole the sun (Miwok) -- Coyote and grizzly (Nez Perce) -- Coyote in the buffalo country (Flathead) -- Coyote and the salmon (Klamath) -- How coyote was killed (Clatsop) -- Wiske-djak and the geese (Algonquin) -- Wiske-djak and the partridges (Algonquin) -- Wiske-djak and the great beaver (Algonquin) -- Wek'-wek's search for his father (Miwok) -- Wek'-wek's search for his sister (Miwok) -- Wek'-wek's visit to the underworld people (Miwok) -- A legend of Manabozho (Ojibwa) -- Manabozho in the fish's stomach (Ojibwa) -- The sun and the moon (Ojibwa) -- Manabozho the wolf (Ojibwa) -- How Glooscap found the summer (Mi'kmaq) -- How Glooscap defeated the sorcerers (Mi'kmaq) -- The last of the thunderbirds (Inuit).
Series:
Myths and mythology collection
ISBN:
1398831751
9781398831759
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1405849413
Locations:
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.