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.