Volume X of the series "The Mythology of All Races." An exhaustive compendium of North American mythology. Beautifully and copiously illustrated. Contents: The far north; Forest tribes; Gulf region; Great plains; Mountain and desert; Pueblo dwellers; Pacific coast; Notes and bibliography.
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I suppose that some of the work in this book, one of a 13 volume set written between 1916 and 1932 (reprinted in the 1960s, has been changed by more recent scholarship, but there is still nothing to equal this fantastic achievement. The set includes not only the more familiar myths such as Greek and Roman, but pretty well succeeds in its goal to include all of humanity. The text is extremely detailed but very readable; none of the turgid prose so often associated with academia. The volumes contain numerous illustrations, both in the text and as plates (mostly black & white.)One of the most useful parts of the set is the final volume, an extremely detailed index, which allows the reader to pursue a theme, or even a topic as specific as the significance of belts, across all the volumes. The individual volumes do not have their own indices, but the tables of contents are fairly detailed. The books appear to have been issued without dust jackets.
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IN the year of our Lord 982 Eric the Red, outlawed from Iceland, discovered Greenland, which shortly afterward was colonized by Icelanders. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Spirit, Great Plains, North America, Great Hare, Bella Coola, United States, Spider Woman, Bright Star, Sun Father, Master of Life, Mother Earth, New Mexico, North Star, Yolkai Estsan, Corn Maidens, Father Sun, New World, West Coast, First Woman, Mem Loimis, New York, Night Chant, Red Man, Stone Giants, Ursa Major New!
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IN the year of our Lord 982 Eric the Red, outlawed from Iceland, discovered Greenland, which shortly afterward was colonized by Icelanders. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Spirit, Great Plains, North America, Great Hare, Bella Coola, United States, Spider Woman, Bright Star, Sun Father, Master of Life, Mother Earth, New Mexico, North Star, Yolkai Estsan, Corn Maidens, Father Sun, New World, West Coast, First Woman, Mem Loimis, New York, Night Chant, Red Man, Stone Giants, Ursa Major New!
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- American Literature (Widener Library Shelflist, Nos. 26 and 27) by Richard De Gennard on 4 pages
- Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 (v. 1) by Andrew Lang in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Sketch Of The Mythology Of The North American Indians by J. W. Powell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Iroquois Book Of Rites by Horatio Hale in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Early Western Travels by R. Thwaites in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge And Its Transmission Through Myth by Giorgio de Santillana on 4 pages
- Brady's Book of Fixed Stars by Bernadette Brady on page 67, and Back Matter
- Brady's Book of Fixed Stars by Bernadette Brady on page 67, and Back Matter
- The Storytelling Stone: Traditional Native American Myths and Tales by Susan Feldmann on page 10, and Back Matter
- The Poetics of Myth (Theorists of Myth) by Eleazar M. Meletinsky on page 249, and Back Matter
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