Earth & sky : visions of the cosmos in Native American folklore /
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| Imprint: | Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1992. |
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| Description: | 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1291071 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: The Animating Breath / Ray A. Williamson and Claire R. Farrer
- 2. Cosmos and Poesis in the Seneca Thank-You Prayer / Paul Zolbrod
- 3. The Celestial Skiff: An Alabama Myth of the Stars / Ray A. Williamson
- 4. "...by you they will know the directions to guide them": Stars and Mescalero Apaches / Claire R. Farrer
- 5. Morning Star, Evening Star: Zuni Traditional Stories / M. Jane Young
- 6. Navajo Earth and Sky and the Celestial Life Force / Rik Pinxten and Ingrid Van Dooren
- 7. The Hooghan and the Stars / Trudy Griffin-Pierce
- 8. Saguaro Wine, Ground Figures, and Power Mountains: Investigations at Sears Point, Arizona / Tom Hoskinson
- 9. Menil (Moon): Symbolic Representation of Cahuilla Woman / Lowell Bean
- 10. Racing Simloki's Shadow: The Ajumawi Interconnection of Power, Shadow, Equinox, and Solstice / Jack M. Broughton and Floyd Buckskin
- 11. North Pacific Ethnoastronomy: Tsimshian and Others / Jay Miller
- 12. Clot-of-Blood / Alice B. Kehoe
- 13. On the Necessity of Sacrifice in Lakota Stellar Theology as Seen in "The Hand" Constellation, and the Story of "The Chief Who Lost His Arm" / Ronald Goodman
- 14. The Chief and His Council: Unity and Authority from the Stars / Von Del Chamberlain
- 15. The Conjurer's Lodge: Celestial Narratives from Algonkian Shamans / Thor Conway
- 16. Asking the Stars: Narrative Indicators of Seneca Hunting Ceremonial / Thomas McElwain
- 17. Epilogue: Blue Archaeoastronomy / Claire R. Farrer and Ray A. Williamson.