Myths and Tales of the White Mountain Apache - Hardcover

Goodwin, Grenville

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1436698715 ISBN 13: 9781436698719

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

These 57 tales (with seven variants) gathered between 1931 and 1936 include major cycles dealing with Creation and Coyote, minor tales, and additional stories derived from Spanish and Mexican tradition. The tales are of two classes: holy tales said by some to expalin the origin of ceremonies and holy powers, and tales which have to do with the creation of the earth, the emergence, the flood, the slaying of monsters, and the origin of customs. As Goodwin was the first anthropologist to work with the White Mountain Apache, his insights remain a primary souce on this people.

Review

"This is a highly readable book accessible to anyone—historian or buff—interested in the folkways of the Apaches." —The Tombstone Epitaph

About this edition

• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1436698715
• ISBN 13: 9781436698719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 244