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Author:

Wonderley, Anthony Wayne, 1949-

Title:

At the font of the marvelous : exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors / Anthony Wonderley.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Syracuse University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xxxi, 188 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Iroquois Indians--Folklore--Folklore.
Algonquian Indians--Folklore--Folklore.
Indian mythology--New York (State).
Indian mythology--Ontario.
Oral history--New York (State).
Oral history--Ontario.
Folklore--New York (State).
Folklore--Ontario.
New York (State)--Social life and customs
Ontario--Social life and customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Oral narrative of the Iroquois and their neighbors -- Iroquois star lore : what does it mean? -- War in the west : nineteenth-century Iroquois legends of conquest -- Killer lizards, Eldritch fish, and horned serpents -- Old good twin : Sky Holder during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- The story of Windigo -- The friendly visitor : an Iroquois stone giant goes calling in Algonquian country -- Mythic imagery in Iroquoian archaeology.

Series:

The Iroquois and their neighbors

ISBN:

081563207X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780815632078 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)278980791

LCCN:

2008051732

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)