A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends

A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends
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Publisher : Robinson
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 9781780337883
ISBN-13 : 1780337884
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Download or read book A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends written by Lewis Spence and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliant reworking of Lewis Spence's seminal Myths and Legends of the North American Indians, Jon E. Lewis puts the work in context with an extensive new introductory essay and additional commentary throughout the book on the history of Native Americans, their language and lifestyle, culture and religion/mythology. He includes examples of myths from tribes omitted by Spence, a guide to tribes and their myths by region, a basic Lakota (Sioux) glossary, guides to key pronunciations and a bibliography.


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