Seneca Myths and Folk Tales
Author : Arthur Caswell Parker
Publisher : Buffalo, N.Y. : Buffalo Historical Society
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 13,20 MB
Release : 1923
Category : History
ISBN :
Seneca Myths and Folk Tales
Author : Arthur Caswell Parker
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803287235
Book Description
"On the Cattaraugus reservation, it was part of a child's initial training to learn why the bear lost its tail, why the chipmunk has a striped back, and why meteors flash in the sky," writes Arthur C. Parker at the beginning of Seneca Myths and Folk Tales. His blood ties to the Senecas and early familiarity with their culture led to a distinguished career as an archaeologist and to the publication in 1923 of this pioneeering work. Parker recreates the milieu in which the Seneca legends and folktales were told and discusses their basic themes and components before going on to relate more than seventy of them that he heard as a boy. Here is the magical Senecan world populated by unseen good and evil spirits, ghosts, and beings capable of transformation. Included are creation myths; folktales involving contests between mortal youths and assorted powers; tales of love and marriage; and stories about cannibals, talking animals, pygmies, giants, monsters, vampires, and witches.
Seneca Indian Myths
Author : Jeremiah Curtin
Publisher :
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 37,2 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
In 1883 a Smithsonian Institution ethnologist traveled to western New York State to record the traditional tales of the Iroquois tribe known as the Seneca. These myths -- picturesque, archaic, even grotesque -- appear here in their original form, exactly as spoken. Many focus on seasons or weather; others creation myths and animals.
Skunny Wundy and Other Indian Tales
Author : Arthur Caswell Parker
Publisher :
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 21,53 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
Book Description
Red Jacket, Seneca Chief
Author : Arthur Caswell Parker
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 21,2 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780803287556
Book Description
This is the story of controversial Seneca chief and orator Red Jacket (ca. 1750-1830), whose passionate, articulate defense of the old ways won the admiration of many but also earned enmity from other tribal leaders. Red Jacket received a medal from George Washington as a token of friendship. This biography follows Red Jacket from boyhood through the Revolutionary War.
The Girl who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales
Author :
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 25,24 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1402732635
Book Description
A collection of Native American stories arranged geographically.
The Indian How Book
Author : Arthur C. Parker
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 34,26 MB
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0486120066
Book Description
Enhanced by 51 illustrations, this eye-opening work tells how Native Americans made fire, teepees, canoes, war bonnets, fishhooks, arrowheads, wampum, plus how they courted, treated women, bathed, cut their hair, danced, and much more.
Rabbit's Snow Dance
Author : Joseph Bruchac
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0803732708
Book Description
Rabbit’s Snow Dance Master storytellers Joseph and James Bruchac present a hip and funny take on an Iroquois folktale about the importance of patience, the seasons, and listening to your friends. Pair it with other stories about stubborn animals like Karma Wilson’s Bear Wants More and Verna Aardema’s Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears. Rabbit loves the winter. He knows a dance, using an Iroquois drum and song, to make it snow—even in summertime! When rabbit decides that it should snow early, he starts his dance and the snow begins to fall. The other forest animals are not happy and ask him to stop, but Rabbit doesn’t listen. How much snow is too much, and will Rabbit know when to stop? The father-son duo behind How Chipmunk Got His Stripes, Raccoon’s Last Race, and Turtle’s Race with Beaver present their latest retelling of Native American folklore. “The telling is sprightly, and Newman's ink-and-watercolor artwork makes an ideal companion. An appealing addition to folktale shelves.” —Booklist “This modern retelling maintains [the Bruchacs’] solid reputation for keeping Native American tales fresh.” —School Library Journal “The picturesque language makes it a pleasure to read aloud.”—BCCB
Handbook of the Seneca Language
Author : Wallace Chafe
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 12,30 MB
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1897367139
Book Description
The Seneca language is a member of the Iroquoian language family. Seneca is a seriously endangered language spoken in upper New York State and Southern Ontario. This book consists of 3 parts. Section I, on orthography, describes a way of writing Seneca words consistently and without omitting features that are significant. Various spelling systems have been used, and are being used, for the writing of Seneca by missionaries, anthropologists, and the speakers of the language themselves. Section II, on grammar, is concerned with the structure of Seneca words. Section III is a brief glossary of the Seneca language.
American Indian Myths and Legends
Author : Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 33,71 MB
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 080415175X
Book Description
More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.
