Grandmothers of the light : a medicine woman's sourcebook
Record details
- ISBN: 0807081027 :
- ISBN: 9780807081020
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Physical Description:
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xvii, 246 pages ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c1991.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246). |
Formatted Contents Note: | The living reality of the medicine world -- Cosmogyny: the Goddess -- Ritual magic and aspects of the Goddesses -- Myth, magic, and medicine in the modern world |
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Subject: | Indian women North America Indians of North America Religion Indians of North America Folklore Goddess religion North America |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | E 98 .W8 A4 1991 | 0231750 | Stacks | Available | - |
Lummi Library | E 98 .W8 A4 1991 | 257375 | Stacks | Available | - |
Lummi Library | E 98 .W8 A4 1991 | 680582 | Stacks | Available | - |
The living reality of the medicine world -- Cosmogyny : the goddesses. A new wrinkle -- Out of the blue -- This was not Eden -- Grandmother of the light -- Be that way then -- River, blood, and corn -- Making sacred, making true -- Strange burning -- The day the end began -- Ritual magic and aspects of the goddesses. There in the northwest -- A hot time -- Sacred shoes -- What is wakan -- May it be beautiful all around -- The adventurers -- Transformation time -- Myth, magic, and medicine in the modern world. Roses, roses -- A fish of another hue -- The hunter -- Deer woman -- Someday soon -- Postscript. Cultural dimensions, ge-ological locations, and herstorical circumstances of the goddesses, the people, and the ritual tradition -- Glossary. |