Landscapes of origin in the Americas [electronic resource] : creation narratives linking ancient places and present communities / edited by Jessica Joyce Christie.
Contributor(s): Christie, Jessica Joyce | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009Description: vii, 203 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Indians -- Origin | Indian mythology -- America | Sacred space -- America | Indians -- Folklore | Creation -- Mythology -- America | Physical geography -- AmericaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 398.2089/97 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Jessica Joyce Christie -- The Center of the World : The Principle People and the Great Smoky Mountains / Christopher Arris Oakley -- Xeroxed on Stone : Times of Origin and the Navajo Holy People in Canyon Landscapes / Polly Schaafsma, Will Tsosie -- Nuvagantu, "Where Snow Sits'" : Origin Mountains of the Southern Paiutes / Richard Stoffle, Richard Arnold, Kathleen Van Vlack, Larry Eddy, Betty Cornelius -- Origin Narratives, Places, and Concepts among the 'Namgis, a Kwakwaka' wakw Group in British Columbia, Canada / Jessica Joyce Christie -- Malinalco : A Place between Heaven and Earth / Manuel Aguilar-Moreno -- The Map of the Province of Mani: A Record of Landscape and Northern Maya Lowland Concepts of Origin / Merideth Paxton -- Ancestral Presence at the Navel of the World : Francisco Sojuel and Santiago Atitlan / Allen J. Christenson -- Landscapes as Metaphor : Resources, Language, and Myths of Dynastic Origin on the Pacific Coast from the Santa Valley (Peru) to Manabi (Ecuador) / Patricia J. Netherly -- Inka Pacariqtambo : It Depends Which Eyes Are Looking at It / Jessica Joyce Christie.
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