Description: North American Mythology. By Hartley Burr Alexander. 325 pages. Detailed mythology of native nations in North America. Original dust jacket. Chapters:Chapter 1: The Far North: Norseman and Skraeling; The Eskimo's World; The World - Powers; The World's Regions; The World's Regions; The Beginnings; Life & DeathChapter 2: The Forest Tribes: The Forest Region; Priest and Pagan; The Manitos; The Great Spirit; The Frame of the World; The Powers Above; The Powers Below; The Elders and the KindsChapter 3: The Forest Tribes (Continued) Iroquoian Cosmogony; Algonquian Cosmogony; The Deluge; The Slaying of the Dragon; The Theft of Fire; Sun Myths; The Village of Souls; HiawathaChapter 4: The Gulf Region: Tribes and Lands; Sun Worship; The New Maize; Cosmogonies; Animal Stories; Tricksters and Wonder Folk; Mythic HistoryChapter 5: The Great Plains: The Tribal Stocks; An Athapascan Pantheon; The Great Gods of the Plains; The Life of the World; Medicine; Father Sun; Mother Earth & Daughter Corn; The Morning Star; The Gods of the ElementsChapter 6: The Great Plains (continued): Athapascan Cosmogonies; Siouan Cosmogonies; Caddoan Cosmogonies; The Son of the Sun; The Mystery of Death; Prophets and Wonder Workers; Migration Legends and Year CountsChapter 7 & 8: Mountain and Desert: Great Divide; Gods of the Mountains; World and its Denizens; Shahaptian and Shoshonean World Shapers; Coyote; Spirits, Ghosts and Bogies; Prophets and the Ghost Dance; Navaho and their Gods; Navaho Genesis; Creation of the Sun; Navaho Ritual MythsChapter 9: The Pueblo Dwellers: The Pueblos; Pueblo Cosmology; Gods and Katcinas; The Calendar; The Great Rites and their Myths; Sia and Hopi Cosmogonies; Zuni CosmogonyChapter 10: The Pacific Coast, West: The California-Oregon Tribes; Religion and Ceremonies; The Creator; Cataclysms; The First People; Fire and Light; Death & the Ghost WorldChapter 11: The Pacific Coast, North: Peoples of North-West Coast; Totemism and Totemic Spirits; Secret Societies and their Tutelaries; The World and its Rulers; The Sun and Moon; The Raven Cycle; Souls and their Powers. Published 1937 by Archaeological Institute of America / Marshall Jones Company, Boston. Very good condition. Bright cover, firm binding, strong hinges and clean text.
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