Record details

• ISBN: 0486401871 (pbk.)
• ISBN: 9780486401874 (pbk.)
• Physical Description: xl, 270 pages ; 22 cm.
• Publisher: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published in two volumes: New York : Harper & Bros., 1839.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

v. 1. Introduction to the Dover edition -- General considerations -- Preliminary Observations on the tales -- Note -- Ojeeg Anuug, or The summer-maker -- The celestial sisters -- Tau-Wau-Chee-Hezkaw, or The white feather -- Peboan and Seegwun : an allegory of the seasons -- The red lover -- Iamo, or The undying head -- Mon-Daw-Min, or The origin of Indian corn -- Peeta Kway, or The tempest -- Manabozho, or The Great incarnation of the North -- Bokwewa, or The humpback -- Iena, or The magic bundle -- Sheem, or The forsaken boy -- Paup-Puk-Keewiss -- Iadilla, or The origin of the robin -- The enchanted moccasins -- The broken wing -- The three cranberries -- Paradise opened to the Indians -- v. 2. The red swan -- Aggo Dah Gauda, or The man with his leg tied up -- Iosco, or A visit to the Sun and Moon -- The two Jeebi-Ug, or A trial of feeling -- Pah-hah-undootah, or The red head -- Leelinau, or The lost daughter -- Puk Wudj Ininee -- Mishosha, or The magician of the lakes -- The Weendigoes -- The racoon and the crawfish -- La Pudre, or The storm fool -- Git-chee-gau-zinee, or The trance -- Wassamo, or The fire plume -- Osseo, or The son of the evening star -- Kwasind, or The fearfully strong man -- Mudjee Monedo and Minno Monedo, or The Spirit of Evil and the Spirit of Good -- The pigeon hawk and tortoise -- The charmed arrow -- Addik Kum Maig, or The origin of the white fish -- Owasso and Wayoond, or The Manito foiled -- Shawondasee -- The linnet and the eagle -- The moose and the woodpecker, or Manabozho in distress -- Weeng -- Iagoo -- The grave light, or Adventures of a warrior's soul -- Pauguk -- The vine and oak.

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Indians of North America > Folklore.
Algonquian Indians > Folklore.

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