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Creation Myths of Primitive America
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Creation Myths of Primitive America
Contributors:
By (Author) Karl Kroeber
Series:
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
ABC-CLIO
Publication Date:
5th November 2002
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Dewey:
299.72
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
297
Description
The remarkably accurate original translations of Native American myths from one of 19th-century America's foremost linguists. * Introduction by scholar Karl Kroeber offers new insight into the significance of Curtin's collection for understanding the creation myth system of Native America * Contains original translations of the system of creation myths as told to Curtin by members of the Yana and Wintu tribes
Author Bio
Karl Kroeber is a Mellon Professor in the humanities in the Department of English at Columbia University, New York, NY.
