The Mythology of Native North America

Most North Americans experience mythology by way of translations of classical texts, and surprisingly few of us are familiar with Coyote, Spider Woman, Water Jar boy, Falling Sky Woman, or the epic of the Blessingway - to name just a few of the stories retold in this collection of significant myths of Native North America. David Leeming and Jake Page, building on the success of their Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine and God: Myths of the Male Divine, have provided an introduction and commentary on seventy-two myths drawn from a variety of cultures and language groups. They honor the Native pantheons, cosmologies, heroes, and heroines first as cultural expressions, then as variations on other mythic narratives to which they may be related, and ultimately as expressions of the larger human experience of mythmaking. David Leeming is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Jake Page is the coauthor of Wild Justice: The People of Geronimo V. the United States, also published by University of Oklahoma Press.

Author: David Adams Leeming
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 04/15/1998
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.66h x 5.36w x 0.64d
ISBN13: 9780806132396
ISBN10: 0806132396
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology