The Manitous: The Spiritual World of the Ojibway - Hardcover

Johnston, Basil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060171995 ISBN 13: 9780060171995

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1995

Synopsis

A collection of sacred stories comprises the spiritual teachings and perceptions of the Ojibway people and addresses the living essences that infuse and safeguard every plant and animal.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The definitive and spellbinding collection of legends and spiritual teachings of the Ojibway, the famous American and Canadian Indian tribe, brought together for the first time by the world's leading Ojibway expert.

From the Back Cover:

Manitous are mysteries and spirits - the essences - that infuse and safeguard plants and animals, including humans, in all aspects of life. The tales of the manitous are simple in narration and complex in spirit, rich with incident and detail, and attempt to explain the mysterious ways of the natural world. Here are wily tricksters, timorous tree spirits, wise grandmothers, seductive maidens, and the ever-hungry evil manitous, fearsome giants known as Weendigoes. Here is a half-man, half-manitou legend of Ojibway lore who represents the wonders and shortcomings of all humankind and who becomes a hero by masquerading as one; a powerful warrior who is riled and routed by a younger sibling with a fight for dancing and disguises; a man who seems obsessed with the trivial but learns to understand the spiritual; and The Prophecy - which is told but disbelieved - telling of the changes in the native world to come. By turns comic, erotic, dramatic, and tragic, these engrossing stories - most of which have never before been recorded - provide a window into an ancient culture, and hold great meaning for modern readers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0060171995
• ISBN 13: 9780060171995
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272