Tales of the North American Indians / selected and annotated by Stith Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Folklore.

Indians of North America.

Tales--North America.

Tales.

North America.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 386 pages : map ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2000.

Summary:

In this volume, renowned folklorist Stith Thompson presents a wide-ranging and representative sampling of North American Indian folk tales from points as far apart as Southern California and Labrador. Despite their geographical separation, however, the stories often share similar elements. They have been grouped here into such categories as mythological stories, mythical incidents, trickster tales, hero tales, journeys to the other world, animal wives and husbands, tales borrowed from Europeans and more. There are even Indian stories based on such biblical subjects as Noah's Flood, The Tower of Babel and Crossing the Red Sea.

Notes:

Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1929.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-386).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0486411311

OCLC:

42682670