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Mother Earth, Father Sky Native American myth

Includes the spiritual world of the Indians, the ceremonies, the sacred objects, Christianity, and more.

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Main Author: Lowenstein, Tom
Corporate Author: Duncan Baird Publishers (Editor)
Other Authors: Vitebsky, Piers
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Time-Life, ©1997.
Series:Myth and mankind.
Subjects:
Indian mythology > North America.
Indigenous peoples > America > Religion.
Myths.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Indian world. the first Americans
  • A tapestry of peoples
  • Sacred places
  • Earthdivers and creators. Earthdivers
  • Of seasons, seals and cereals
  • From darkness to light
  • The search for home
  • The Great Spirit
  • The origin of the sun, moon and stars
  • The details of the universe
  • The peopling of the earth
  • How old age and death began
  • Myth and art
  • The spiritual cosmos. "The earth is my mother"
  • The circle of heaven
  • Watery realms
  • The sun, moon and stars
  • Spirits of nature
  • Thunder, lightning, fire and rainbow
  • The society of animals
  • Animal souls and the afterlife
  • Soul theory and spirit flight
  • The next life
  • Keepers of order. tricksters, the unpredictable spirits
  • Raven and hare
  • Coyote, a sly wild dog
  • Heroes of myth and history
  • Demons and monsters
  • Sacred and terrifying creatures
  • Humans and animals
  • Animal spouses and guardians
  • The vulnerability of animals
  • On the warpath
  • Totems and clans
  • Northwest Coast societies
  • A web of ceremony. Shamans and medicine
  • Soul flights, dreams and vision quests
  • Sacred societies
  • Hunting ceremonies
  • The sun dance
  • Revivals and cults
  • The alien eye
  • The Native American legacy.

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