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At the font of the marvelous : exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors / Anthony Wonderley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wonderley, Anthony, 1949-
- Series:
- Iroquois and their neighbors.
- Iroquois and their neighbors
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iroquois Indians--Folklore.
- Iroquois Indians.
- Algonquian Indians--Folklore.
- Algonquian Indians.
- Indian mythology--New York (State).
- Indian mythology.
- Indian mythology--Ontario.
- Oral history--New York (State).
- Oral history.
- Oral history--Ontario.
- Folklore--New York (State).
- Folklore.
- Folklore--Ontario.
- New York (State)--Social life and customs.
- New York (State).
- Ontario--Social life and customs.
- Ontario.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The folktales and myths of the Iroquois and their Algonquian neighbors rank among the most imaginatively rich and narratively co-herent traditions in North America. Inspired by these wondrous tales, Anthony Wonderley explores their significance to Iroquois and Algonquian religions and worldviews. Mostly recorded around 1900, these oral narratives preserve the voice and something of the outlook of autochthonous Americans from a bygone age, when storytelling was an important facet of daily life. Grouping the stories around shared themes and motifs, Wonderley analyzes topics ranging from cannibal giants to cultural heroes, and from legends of local places to myths of human origin. Approached comparatively and historically, these stories can enrich our understanding of archaeological remains, ethnic boundaries, and past cultural interchanges among Iroquois and Algonquian peoples.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-181) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815651376
- 0815651376
- OCLC:
- 759158760
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