At the font of the marvelous [electronic resource] : exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors / Anthony Wonderley.
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TextSeries: Iroquois and their neighborsPublication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxi, 188 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): - Iroquois Indians -- Folklore
- Algonquian Indians -- Folklore
- Indian mythology -- New York (State)
- Indian mythology -- Ontario
- Oral history -- New York (State)
- Oral history -- Ontario
- Folklore -- New York (State)
- Folklore -- Ontario
- New York (State) -- Social life and customs
- Ontario -- Social life and customs
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- E99.I7 W84 2009
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index.
Introduction : oral narrative of the Iroquois and their neighbors -- Iroquois star lore : what does it mean? -- War in the west : nineteenth-century Iroquois legends of conquest -- Killer lizards, Eldritch fish, and horned serpents -- Old good twin : Sky Holder during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- The story of Windigo -- The friendly visitor : an Iroquois stone giant goes calling in Algonquian country -- Mythic imagery in Iroquoian archaeology.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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