Indian legends of the Pacific Northwest
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TextBerkeley/London University of California Press 2003. 1953Edition: 2d paperback printing, 2003Description: viii, 225p.; ill., maps; bibliog. refs.; bibliog.; glossaryContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0520239261
- E98.F6 C57 2003
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50th anniversary ed.. Illus. by Robert Bruce Inverarity.
1 Myths of the mountains. 2 Legends of the lakes. 3 Tales of the rivers, rocks, and waterfalls. 4 Myths of creation, the sky, and storms. 5 Miscellaneous myths and legends
'This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of story-telling customs.'
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