At the font of the marvelous exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors /
Wonderley, Anthony Wayne, 1949-
At the font of the marvelous exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors / [electronic resource] : Anthony Wonderley. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2009. - xxxi, 188 p. : ill., maps. - Iroquois and their neighbors . - Iroquois and their neighbors. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780815651376 (electronic bk.)
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.
Electronic books.
E99.I7 / W84 2009
398.2089/9755
At the font of the marvelous exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors / [electronic resource] : Anthony Wonderley. - 1st ed. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2009. - xxxi, 188 p. : ill., maps. - Iroquois and their neighbors . - Iroquois and their neighbors. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780815651376 (electronic bk.)
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.
Electronic books.
E99.I7 / W84 2009
398.2089/9755