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LEADER: 03579cam 2200565Ia 4500
001 ocm38052544
003 OCoLC
005 20210423043138.0
008 971208s1997 ne ab b 001 0 eng d
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100 1 $aLowenstein, Tom.
245 10 $aMother Earth, Father Sky :$bNative American myth.
246 30 $aNative American myth
260 $aAmsterdam :$bTime-Life,$c©1997.
300 $a144 pages :$billustrations (some color), color map ;$c28 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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490 1 $aMyth and mankind
500 $a"Writers, Tom Lowenstein, Piers Vitebsky ... created, edited and designed by Duncan Baird Publishers"--Title page verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 144) and index.
505 0 $aThe Indian world. the first Americans -- A tapestry of peoples -- Sacred places -- Earthdivers and creators. Earthdivers -- Of seasons, seals and cereals -- From darkness to light -- The search for home -- The Great Spirit -- The origin of the sun, moon and stars -- The details of the universe -- The peopling of the earth -- How old age and death began -- Myth and art -- The spiritual cosmos. "The earth is my mother" -- The circle of heaven -- Watery realms -- The sun, moon and stars -- Spirits of nature -- Thunder, lightning, fire and rainbow -- The society of animals -- Animal souls and the afterlife -- Soul theory and spirit flight -- The next life -- Keepers of order. tricksters, the unpredictable spirits -- Raven and hare -- Coyote, a sly wild dog -- Heroes of myth and history -- Demons and monsters -- Sacred and terrifying creatures -- Humans and animals -- Animal spouses and guardians -- The vulnerability of animals -- On the warpath -- Totems and clans -- Northwest Coast societies -- A web of ceremony. Shamans and medicine -- Soul flights, dreams and vision quests -- Sacred societies -- Hunting ceremonies -- The sun dance -- Revivals and cults -- The alien eye -- The Native American legacy.
520 $aIncludes the spiritual world of the Indians, the ceremonies, the sacred objects, Christianity, and more.
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700 1 $aVitebsky, Piers.
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