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Author Lankford, George E., 1938-

Title Reachable stars [electronic resource] : patterns in the ethnoastronomy of eastern North America / George E. Lankford.

Imprint Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 303 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-297) and index.
Contents Four ethnoastronomies -- The star husband -- The morning stars -- The morning star of the Winnebago -- Stars in the north : bears, biers, and boats -- The star cluster -- The star women -- The path through the stars -- The starry hand -- The serpent in the stars -- Some ethnoastronomical insights.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Indian cosmology -- East (U.S.)
Indian cosmology -- Great Plains.
Indian mythology -- East (U.S.)
Indian mythology -- Great Plains.
Ethnoastronomy -- East (U.S.)
Ethnoastronomy -- Great Plains.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780817315689 (cloth : alk. paper)
0817315683
9780817354282 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081735428X

 
    
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