Campbell, Joseph,  1904-1987 <br/><br/>
Historical atlas of world mythology, V.2:  The way of the seeded earth, Part 2:  Mythologies of the primitive planters: the Northern Americas 

 - New York  Harper and Row  c1989 
 - pp.116-251, xx; ill.; maps; bibliog. notes; indices 
<br/><br/>Part 1 - Agricultural origins in the New World. Two agricultural systems. From nomadism to seed gardening. Part 2 - North American agriculturalist rites and myths. The Iroquois. The Algonquians. Tales of the northeast woodland. The people of the trail of tears. The origin of maize and game. 
<br/><br/> 'Combining and putting into perspective the work of specialists in botany, archaeology, ethnology, and geography, Campbell provides a thorough and insightful examination of the mythologies of the earliest agricultural communities in the New World, where two distinct agricultural traditions simultaneously developed: one (predominantly northern) that cultivated maize and other seed crops and a second dependant upon plants propagated by runners and cuttings, like the sweet potato.' 
<br/><br/> Hardcover 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-06-055158-5 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>87-40007 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mythology<br/>Animals--Folklore<br/>Animals--Mythology<br/>Indians of North America--Religion and mythology<br/>Agriculture--Symbolic aspects<br/>Death<br/>Reincarnation