Description |
vii, 203 p. : ill., maps. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Indians -- Origin.
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Indian mythology -- America.
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Sacred space -- America.
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Indians -- Folklore.
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Creation -- Mythology -- America.
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Physical geography -- America.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Christie, Jessica Joyce, 1956-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780817316730 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0817316736 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780817355609 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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081735560X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780817382476 (electronic bk.) |
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081738247X (electronic bk.) |
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