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The purposes of this book is to help create an awareness of the special feelings that the North American Indian has for the universe and how they influence his life. A great conflict between the white man and the American Indian originated in their understandings of the natural world. For the Indian, the earth is his mother, the ground the womb which held him. Like all living things, he is but a part of nature, one with his surroundings.
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Native American spirituality is as rich and varied as the cultures wherein it is practiced. Unlike the ancient Greeks and Romans, who worshipped divine gods and goddesses, the indigenous people of North America revere a variety of non-deity spirit beings, which are entities with mystical powers.
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"Native American starlore has instructed and entertained non-natives for generations. Yet until recently the sophistication of this extensive body of tradition and acute observation has not been appreciated. In this edited collection, seventeen folklorists and astronomers consider American starlore and its relation to specific observations of the sky in terms of its native uses and interpretations. Far from being another recount of sky mythology,...
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In this reworking of Lewis Spence's 1914 work Myths and Legends of the North American Indians, Jon E. Lewis puts the work in context with an extensive new introductory essay and additional commentary throughout on the history of Native Americans, their lifestyle, culture, and religion/mythology. He includes examples of myths from tribes omitted by Spence, such as the Inuit, a guide to tribes and their myths by region, and an A-Z of the chief gods,...
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Myths: tales of creation and destruction, death and rebirth, gods and heroes, the sacred origins of peoples, the forces of nature. Each society's mythology is unique, echoing throughout its arts and beliefs. Handbooks of World Mythology explore these mythologies in depth, offering insight into the complex interrelations of myth, history, and culture. Designed for general readers and students, each illustrated handbook offers: A lengthy overview that...
11) Mexico and Peru
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The ancient cultures of Mexico and Peru are renowned for their imposing architecture and the cruelty of their religious practices. Lewis well-known, but equally intriguing, are the myths on which their beliefs were based, the tales of the feathered god Quetzalcoatl and his enemy Tecatlipoca, Lord of the Night winds, and of Pachacamac, Peruvian spirit of the Earth. This detailed exploration looks at the Toltec and Aztec peoples of central Mexico, the...
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Our knowledge of ancient Mexico and Central America first came to us through Spain. At first sight their civilization appeared to the invading Spaniards to be drowning in blood. They received an impression of stupefying horror--every day of the calendar produced a reason for the wholesale slaughter of victims. But some among them paused to wonder how a world of such unimagined wealth, with an art of astonishing richness, could evolve within an atmosphere...
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Levi-Strauss is a French savant par excellence, a man of extraordinary sensitivity and human wisdom ... a deliberate stylist with profound convictions and convincing arguments. ... "The Raw and the Cooked" adds yet another chapter to the tireless quest for a scientifically accurate, esthetically viable, and philosophically relevant cultural anthropology. ... It is indispensable reading.
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