[PDF] Tales Of North America eBook

Author : Stith Thompson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,15 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780253200914

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Collection of Indian tales in which each tale is shown to be representative of a certain type of tale which occurs in more than one tribe or geographical region.

Author : Eldon Yellowhorn
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1554519454

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Unlike most books that chronicle the history of Native peoples beginning with the arrival of Europeans in 1492, this book goes back to the Ice Age to give young readers a glimpse of what life was like pre-contact. The title, Turtle Island, refers to a Native myth that explains how North and Central America were formed on the back of a turtle. Based on archeological finds and scientific research, we now have a clearer picture of how the Indigenous people lived. Using that knowledge, the authors take the reader back as far as 14,000 years ago to imagine moments in time. A wide variety of topics are featured, from the animals that came and disappeared over time, to what people ate, how they expressed themselves through art, and how they adapted to their surroundings. The importance of story-telling among the Native peoples is always present to shed light on how they explained their world. The end of the book takes us to modern times when the story of the Native peoples is both tragic and hopeful.

Author : Maria Leach
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 23,22 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Folklore
ISBN :

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Tales from American folklore about bad men, ghosts, lies, and Native American tales.

Author :
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,7 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Legends
ISBN :

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This collection of anonymous stories and yarns, legends and myths, distills the collective experience of mankind.

Author : Eglė Gerulaitytė
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 10,29 MB
Release : 2019-04-11
Category :
ISBN : 9781093593914

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Tales from South America is a book of adventure, connection, and a lonely personal journey to the ends of the world. Egle, a 28-year old woman from Lithuania, sets out on a 30,000-mile solo motorcycle ride from Peru to Patagonia and back, exploring South America on two wheels. Along the way, as she journeys to the far South, she connects with local people, discovers a different South America and, in the end, a different self. Tales from South America is filled with stories about the everyday life, the weird and wonderful legends, and the extraordinary people of Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, and Colombia. It's also, in a way, an account of a young woman's coming of age, a glimpse into what it was like to be growing up in post-Soviet Lithuania, and a tale of a lone motorcycle adventure across one of the most magical continents on Earth.

Author : Tristram Potter Coffin
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 20,69 MB
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1477305815

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This collection of folktales, originally published in 1961, presents stories from a wide range of North American indigenous peoples. The stories are grouped into three categories: “The Way the World Is,” “What Man Must Know and Learn,” and “The Excitement of Living.”

Author : Stith Thompson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 37,24 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780486411316

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Nearly 100 myths and legends of heroes, journeys to the other world, animal wives and husbands, and even biblical subjects include "The Woman Who Fell from the Sky" (Seneca), "The Star Husband" (Ojibwa), and more.

Author : Various
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 23,40 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0956058469

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A GREAT READ FOR KIDS! In 1891, the first buffalo was purchased for Golden Gate Park, Congress created the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the first woman was admitted to Yale University, American Express issued the first Travellers Checks, Thomas Edison patented the motion picture camera, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published The Song of Hiawatha. It was also the year that Folk Lore and Legends of the North American Indianwas first published by J.B. Lippincott. Folk Lore and Legends of the North American Indian is an exquisite compilation of North American Indian myths and legends as they existed in the late 1880s and early 1890s. These are the stories that were passed from mouth to mouth, teaching stories to help young Native Americans navigate through the uncertain journey of life that lay ahead. J.B. Lippincott gathered the stories from letters transported to him via the recently completed Transcontinental Pacific Railroad. These stories should not become just another page in the ever-increasing forest of the internet; they should not be accessible only with the use of electronic devices. All Americans are invited, especially Native Americans, to keep a copy of this sliver of their history in their bookshelves for their children and their children's children to read and treasure for years to come. This book has been especially republished to raise funds for the American Indian Education Fund, benefitting the education of Native Americans across the United States of America. ABELA PUBLISHING - YESTERDAYS BOOKS raising funds for TODAYS CHARITIES