Record details

• ISBN: 0806130121 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780806130125 (alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xiii, 209 pages ; 23 cm.
• Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

I: Pantheons -- Native American deities -- World parents -- The great goddess -- The supreme God -- Other deity types -- The trickster -- The dying God or Goddess -- Lesser Gods and spirits -- II: Cosmos -- Creation -- The earth-diver creation -- Emergence creation -- Other types of creation -- The flood -- The afterlife -- The end of the world -- III: Heroes and heroines -- Heroes -- The culture hero -- The twins -- The quest -- The search for the father -- The wicked parent -- Monster-slayer trickster -- The quest for love -- The savior hero -- Heroines -- The heroine and the family -- The heroine as savior.

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Subject:

Indian mythology > North America.