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Tyendinaga tales / collected and introduced by Rona Rustige ; illustrations by Jeri Maracle Van Der Vlag.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rustige, Rona, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mohawk Indians--Folklore.
- Mohawk Indians.
- Indians of North America--Ontario--Folklore.
- Indians of North America.
- Tales--Canada.
- Tales.
- Tales--United States.
- Tales--Ontario--Tyendinaga Indian Reserve.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (97 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From the introduction: "Folk-tales are the verbal account of the world view and way of life of a people. They hold a special importance when the people lack a formal system of writing. For a thousand years the philosophy, religion, morals, customs, and ideas of the Iroquoian people were perpetuated by means of the spoken word. Folklore may explain the origin of man, animals, plants, and the world. Codes of behaviour, ethics, and social mores are validated in accounts which describe, for example, heroic or malicious deeds. Story- telling was used to socialize and instruct young people and acted as a social cohesive for the whole group." The tales which Rona Rustige has collected contain many folkloric motifs which relate them to other Iroquoian literatures. In the context of this body of Iroquoian folklore the tales take on a broader significance and their preservation allows for future systematic study.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: The Creation""; ""The Sky World""; ""The Earth World""; ""The Birth of the Twin Brothers""; ""The Twins Create Birds""; ""The Rescue of the Animals""; ""Night and Day""; ""The Twins Battle""; ""Part Two: Explanations""; ""The Woman in the Moon""; ""Seven Brothers""; ""The Celestial Bear""; ""Trading Teeth with the Beaver""; ""Part Three: Animal Tales""; ""The Song of the Birds""; ""The Rabbit""; ""The Bear's Tail""; ""The Bat""; ""Part Four: Gifts from the Creator""; ""The Gift of the Great Spirit""; ""The Gift of the Medicine""
- ""How the Great Spirit Made Man""""Snow Snake""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Bibliography""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85109-8
- 9786612851094
- 0-7735-6165-X
- OCLC:
- 732600641
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