Indian legends of Canada
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0771021224
ISBN 13
9780771021220
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1983
Publisher
Pages
192
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Folklore
Abstract
"The role of storyteller among Canada's native peoples has always been an honoured one, combining the functions of philosopher, historian and entertainer. Winter was the time for stories around the fire, when the hunt was over and people longed to be "lifted to the fairylands of pure imagination," as an early twentieth-century Indian has said. This book contains the magic created around the Indian fireside, for readers of all ages. It includes myths of creation, culture myths, nature myths and beast fables, as well as the legends, personal narratives and historical traditions of thirty North American Indian tribes."--Amazon.
Number of Copies
1
