Book Categories
|
American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) |
Buy American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) here, one of 750 American Indian History books offered for sale at discount prices here in the history books section at R bookshop. There are currently 64287 history books in our history books section, and over 1,000,000 books listed in our book store. We greatly appreciate your patronage at R bookshop and look forward to offering you a large selection of great books at discount prices now and in the future. Thank you for shopping at R Bookshop!
|
You Are Here: Home > History Books > American Indian History > Item 28
 |
American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
|
by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz
Sales Rank: 261017
|
Discount: 32 %
List Price: $18.95
$12.89
At Amazon
on 4-16-2008.
|
|
|
|
Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 544 pages
Published by: Pantheon August 12, 1985
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0394740181
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0394740188
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
Weighs: 1.7 pounds
Book Description
Gathering 160 tales from eighty tribal groups to offer a rich and lively panarama of the Native American mythic heritage. 100 drawings.
Inside Flap Copy
Gathering 160 tales from eighty tribal groups to offer a rich and lively panarama of the Native American mythic heritage. 100 drawings.
Reader Reviews
"American Indian Myths and Legends" is a collection of 166 stories selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz that represent the heart and soul of the native people of North America. In contrast to the more familiar classical myths of ancient Greece and Roman, the genesis for these stories is much more organic, rising from the animals, plants and herb that made up the every day world of the people who told these tales. These tales also reflect the diversity of the peoples group under the name of American Indians, from the Seneca and Alconquian of the East to the White Mountain Apache and Navajo of the Southwest to the Brule Sioux and Nez Perce of the Plains. Using an admittedly artificial system of organization, Erdoes and Ortiz present ten sections: (1) Tales of Human Creation; (2) Tales of World Creation; (3) The Eye of the Great Spirit; (4) Monsters and Monster Slayers; (5) War and the Warrior Code; (6) Tales of Love and Lust; (7) Trickster Tales; (8) Stories of Animals and Other People; (9) Ghosts and the Spirit World; and (10) Visions of the End. I have been reading my copy again to consider its inclusion in a Contemporary Mythology class I am toying with teaching, and it certainly offers students an impressive collection of myths and legends in fairly pure form. There is some commentary, but the point here is not to analyze the stories but to preserve them and present them to new readers. However, teachers at any level who are studying myths can certainly find stories that can be used to create fascinating comparison/contrasts with tales on similar subjects from classical, Celtic, Hindu, African, or any other mythology they can get their hands on for class. I can see an excellent unit being developed just on the various creation myths of both humans and the worlds related in this book, which would provoke students to think about what difference the differences in these stories make in terms of how a people view the world and their place in it. Note: Many of the stories in this volume were collected by the authors in their extensive field research. Others are classic accounts, which are presented in their original forms, while the rest come from 19th-century sources that have been retold by the authors in an effort to do away with the artificial style typical of the period and restore their authenticity. The result is that there is a wide spectrum of American Indian history and culture covered within these pages.
Comment | Permalink |
(Report this)
Back To Top
|
American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
Available from Amazon
Price: $12.89
Updated on 4-16-2008.
|
NOTICE: All prices, availability, and specifications
are subject to verification by their respective retailers.
| We offer American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) and other related American Indian History Books here at Rbookshop.com. To view more books about American Indian History please use the previous and next buttons near the top of this page.
|
|
|
Search for books at
