Myths of the North American Indians
9.99 €
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Myths of the North American Indians
9.99 €
Skyscrapers and highways, Hollywood and Disneyland... This book will reveal a completely different America—a vast home to dozens of indigenous tribes. The culture of North American Indians remains one of the most enigmatic on the planet, as its proud adherents shun outsiders. This book invites you to discover the vibrant and distinctive culture of Native Americans through the myths and legends of the Cherokee, Navajo, Lakota, Hopi, Comanche, Iroquois, Blackfoot, and other Indians. You will learn what they thought, what lessons they taught their children, what they feared, and how they viewed the world around them. You'll meet the Great Spirit and the Thunderbird, Mother Corn and Grandmother Sun, dancing kachina spirits, cultural heroes and totem animals, as well as the trickster Coyote and, of course, the legendary wendigo (and other equally terrifying characters of Native American demonology).
Where is the entrance to the afterlife? How is corn connected to the emergence of the first humans? Why, according to myths, are some stars arranged in constellations, while others are scattered chaotically across the night sky?
You'll learn all this and much more in this book, and the color and black-and-white illustrations will complement your captivating journey into the lands of North American Indians! It's also a treasure trove of Native American philosophy, where each story reminds us of the unbreakable connection between humans and the land of our ancestors and the wisdom of those who walked before us.
Where is the entrance to the afterlife? How is corn connected to the emergence of the first humans? Why, according to myths, are some stars arranged in constellations, while others are scattered chaotically across the night sky?
You'll learn all this and much more in this book, and the color and black-and-white illustrations will complement your captivating journey into the lands of North American Indians! It's also a treasure trove of Native American philosophy, where each story reminds us of the unbreakable connection between humans and the land of our ancestors and the wisdom of those who walked before us.
See also:
- All books by the publisher