Imagine Ourselves Richly: Mythic Narratives of the North American Indians - Hardcover

Vecsey, Christopher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824508785 ISBN 13: 9780824508784

Publisher: Crossroad Pub Co, 1988

Synopsis

Studies the major mythological traditions of Native Americans, including Hopis, Ojibwas, Iroquois, Navajos, Creeks, and peyote religion, using myth analysis to understand the identities, survival methods, and spirituality of Native American people

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From Library Journal:

"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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About this edition

• Publisher: Crossroad Pub Co
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0824508785
• ISBN 13: 9780824508784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272