Imagine Ourselves Richly: Mythic Narratives of North American Indians - Softcover

Vecsey, Christopher

9780062508911: Imagine Ourselves Richly: Mythic Narratives of North American Indians

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062508911 ISBN 13: 9780062508911

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1991

FIRST HARPERCOLLINS PAPERBACK EDITION. 1991 trade paperback, Christopher Vecsey (Where The Two Roads Meet). "Indian stories can help us extend our concept of who we are," contends author Vecsey, thus removing Native American religious traditions from the fantastical "other" to the rich contextual importance of contemporary living religions.

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"Indian stories can help us extend our concept of who we are," contends author Vecsey, thus removing Native American religious traditions from the fantastical "other" to the rich contextual importance of contemporary living religions. Myths central to the belief structures of the Hopi, Navajo, and Ojibwa peoples are discussed, as are the mythological underpinnings of the peyote religion, the origin of the Iroquois Confederacy, and the genesis of the rituals of today's Creek sweat lodge ceremony. In showing how these well-known traditions are integrated into each group's values and life-styles, the author elevates the study of Native American beliefs to that of more formalized religious traditions. Recommended for academic libraries. Mary B. Davis, Museum of the American Indian Lib., New York
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