Author : Waugh
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 33,64 MB
Release : 2010-07-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1458781437
Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Yet today his monuments are rarely visited, his military reputation is overshadowed by that of Robert E. Lee, and his presidency is permanently mired at the bottom of historical rankings. In an insightful blen...
Author : Daniel Garrison Brinton
Publisher : Johnson Reprint Corporation
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 1882
Category : Psychology
ISBN :
Author : Daniel G. Brinton
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 2012
Category :
ISBN : 3849619915
This volume is a contribution to the comparative study of religions. It is an endeavor to present in a critically correct light some of the fundamental conceptions which are found in the native beliefs of the tribes of America. Contents: Preface. Chapter I. - Introductory. Chapter II. The Hero-Gods Of The Algonkins And Iroquois. §1. The Algonkin Myth Of Michabo. §2. The Iroquois Myth Of Ioskeha. Chapter III. - The Hero-God Of The Aztec Tribes. §1. The Two Antagonists. §2. Quetzalcoatl The God. §3. Quetzalcoatl, The Hero Of Tula. §4. Quetzalcoatl As Lord Of The Winds. §5. The Return Of Quetzalcoatl. Chapter IV. - The Hero-Gods Of The Mayas. §1. The Culture Hero, Itzamná. §2. The Culture Hero, Kukulcan. Chapter V. - The Quichua Hero-God Viracocha. Chapter VI. - The Extension And Influence Of The Typical Hero-Myth. Daniel Garrison Brinton – His Life
Author : Anita Yasuda
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 45,29 MB
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1614789312
The Navajo people often told stories that taught the listener the tribe's customs and history. In this hero myth, the story of the twins who saved Earth from the monsters leading to the creation of the Navajo clans is shared. The Navajo hero myth is retold in this brilliantly illustrated Native American Myth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Short Tales is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Author : Daniel Brinton
Publisher : Litres
Page : pages
File Size : 22,59 MB
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 504123762X
Author : Stith Thompson
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 21,23 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1465580182
Author : John Shelton Lawrence
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 14,20 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0802825737
As the nation seems to yearn for redemption from the evils that threaten its tranquility, the authors maintain that Joseph Campbell's monomythic hero is alive and well, but significantly displaced, in American popular culture.
Author : Daniel Garrison Brinton
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 20,60 MB
Release : 2010-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781438594088
Author : Daniel G. Brinton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 14,56 MB
Release : 2015-12-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781522839903
Daniel G. Brinton was a 19th century American archaeologist and ethnologist who wrote a number of works about the mythology and folklore of various native groups in North America, as well as early American stories.
Author : Joseph Campbell
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 12,55 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 0586085718
A study of heroism in the myths of the world - an exploration of all the elements common to the great stories that have helped people make sense of their lives from the earliest times. It takes in Greek Apollo, Maori and Jewish rites, the Buddha, Wotan, and the bothers Grimm's Frog-King.
