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Author Wonderley, Anthony Wayne, 1949-

Title At the font of the marvelous [electronic resource] : exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors / Anthony Wonderley.

Imprint Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2009.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxxi, 188 p. : ill., maps.
Series Iroquois and their neighbors
Iroquois and their neighbors.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index.
Contents Introduction : oral narrative of the Iroquois and their neighbors -- Iroquois star lore : what does it mean? -- War in the west : nineteenth-century Iroquois legends of conquest -- Killer lizards, Eldritch fish, and horned serpents -- Old good twin : Sky Holder during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- The story of Windigo -- The friendly visitor : an Iroquois stone giant goes calling in Algonquian country -- Mythic imagery in Iroquoian archaeology.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Iroquois Indians -- Folklore.
Algonquian Indians -- Folklore.
Indian mythology -- New York (State)
Indian mythology -- Ontario.
Oral history -- New York (State)
Oral history -- Ontario.
Folklore -- New York (State)
Folklore -- Ontario.
New York (State) -- Social life and customs.
Ontario -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 081563207X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780815632078
9780815651376 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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