Myths and Legends of the Great Plains. Various

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      Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664655400

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE GREAT PLAINS

       THE CREATION

       HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE

       THE FLOOD AND THE RAINBOW

       THE FIRST FIRE

       THE ANCESTORS OF PEOPLE

       ORIGIN OF STRAWBERRIES

       SACRED LEGEND

       THE LEGEND OF THE PEACE PIPES

       A TRADITION OF THE CALUMET

       THE SACRED POLE

       IKTO AND THE THUNDERS

       THE THUNDER BIRD

       THE THUNDER BIRD

       SONG TO THE THUNDER GODS [A]

       SONGS OF THE BUFFALO HUNT

       SONGS OF THE BUFFALO HUNT [D]

       ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO

       THE BUFFALO BEING

       GERMAN KNIGHTS AND INDIAN WARRIORS

       THE YOUTH AND THE UNDERGROUND PEOPLE

       THE BUFFALO AND THE GRIZZLY BEAR

       RIVALRY OVER THE BUFFALO

       CAPTURE OF A WANDERING BUFFALO

       MY FIRST BUFFALO HUNT [G]

       BIRD OMENS

       THE BIRD CHIEF

       SONG OF THE BIRDS [H]

       SONG OF KAWAS, THE EAGLE [I]

       THE EAGLE’S REVENGE

       THE RACE BETWEEN HUMMING BIRD AND CRANE

       RABBIT AND THE TURKEYS

       FIVE CHIEFS OF THE OGALLA SIOUX

       UNKTOMI AND THE BAD SONGS

       HOW THE PHEASANT BEAT CORN

       WHY THE TURKEY GOBBLES

       OMAHA BELIEFS

       PAWNEE BELIEFS

       A SONG OF HOSPITALITY [J]

       A SONG OF THE MARCH [K]

       SIOUAN TENTS

       SONG OF THE PRAIRIE BREEZE [L]

       OLD-WOMAN-WHO-NEVER-DIES

       LEGEND OF THE CORN

       TRADITION OF THE FINDING OF HORSES

       DAKOTA BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS

       WHY THE TETONS BURY ON SCAFFOLDS

       THE GHOST’S RESENTMENT

       THE FORKED ROADS

       TATTOOED GHOSTS

       A GHOST STORY