Sky loom : Native American myth, story, and song / edited and with an introduction by Brian Swann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swann, Brian, editor, author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Native literatures of the Americas.

Native Literatures of the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk literature, Indian--North America.

Folk literature, Indian.

Indians of North America--Folklore.

Indians of North America.

Indian mythology--North America.

Indian mythology.

Tales--North America.

Tales.

Legends--North America.

Legends.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (559 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska ; London, [England] : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sky Loom offers a dazzling introduction to Native American myths, stories, and songs drawn from previous collections by acclaimed translator and poet Brian Swann. With a general introduction by Swann, Sky Loom is a stunning collection that provides a glimpse into the intricacies and beauties of story and myth, placing them in their cultural, historical, and linguistic contexts. Each of the twenty-six selections is translated and introduced by a well-known expert on Native oral literatures and offers entry into the cultures and traditions of several different tribes and bands, including the Yupiit and the Tlingits of the polar North; the Coast Salish and the Kwakwaka'wakw of the Pacific Northwest; the Navajos, the Pimas, and the Yaquis of the Southwest; the Lakota Sioux and the Plains Crees of the Great Plains; the Ojibwes of the Great Lakes; the Naskapis and the Eastern Crees of the Hudson Bay area in Canada; and the Munsees of the Northeast. Sky Loom takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey through literary traditions older than the "discovery" of the New World.

Contents:

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; INTRODUCTION; From Smoothing the Ground; Stone Boy; From On the Translation of Native American Literatures; Oolachan- Woman's Robe: Fish, Blankets, Masks, and Meaning in Boas's Kwakw'ala Texts; Narrative Styles in Dakota Texts; From Coming to Light; The Boy Who Went to Live with the Seals ; The Girl Who Married the Bear; John Sky's "One They Gave Away"; The Sun's Myth; Coyote, Master of Death, True to Life; Seal and Her Younger Brother Lived There; Poetry Songs of the Shoshone Ghost Dance; Running the Deer; Pima Oriole Songs

Enemy Slayer's Horse SongTwo Stories from the Y; From Voices from Four Directions; Raven Stories; He Became an Eagle; The Flight of Dzilyi neeyáni; Red Swan; The Birth of Nenabozho; Umâyichîs; From Algonquian Spirit; The Delaware Creation Story; A Pair of Hero Stories; Winter Stories; Pine Root; Ghost Dance Songs; From Salish Myths and Legends; Star Husband; Source Acknowledgments; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780803293403

0803293402

9780803276017

080327601X

OCLC:

891187786