18 books like Kathlamet Texts
Tsimshian texts
This antiquarian volume contains a comprehensive guide to the native American language, Tsimshian. This fascinating and detailed exploration of Tsimshian will appeal to anyone with an interest in the language and those that speak it, and it would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Distribution of Language and Dialects', 'Phonetics',…
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Haida texts and myths
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Myths and Legends of the Sioux
The timid rabbit who outwits the tyrannical bear, the wonderful turtle who marries the Indian chief's daughter, the pet crane who saves a family{u2014}these and many other legendary figures appear in Myths and Legends of the Sioux. Marie L. McLaughlin, born to a white father and a mixed-blood Sioux mother, heard these stories while growing up among the eastern Sioux of Minnesota. When she…
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Tlingit myths and texts
These myths and texts were collected at Sitka and Wrangell, Alaska, in early 1904, at the same time as the material contained in the writer's paper on the Social Condition, Beliefs, and Linguistic Relationship of the Tlingit Indians published in the twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau.
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Kutenai tales
Collection of texts made by Alexander F. Chamberlain in 1891 and by Franz Boas in the summer of 1914.
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North American Indian mythology
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The golden age of myth & legend
The Age of Fable is a Mythological type of book. It contains many Greek and Roman myths, including simplified versions of The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as a selection of Norse and “eastern” myths. Thomas Bulfinch’s goal was to make the ancient myths accessible to a wide audience, and so it is suitable for children.
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Traditions of the Tinguian
Abstracts: p. 202-226.
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Zuñi folk tales
This work includes several traditional Zuñi folk tales, as recorded and translated by Frank Cushing, an American anthropologist and Zuñi expert, having lived with the tribe for several years. Some of the folktales included in the work are The Poor Turkey Girl, The Warrior Suitor of Moki, The Coyote and the Beetle and dozens of others. The book also includes several lovely illustrations and…
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Popular Tales from Norse Mythology
Full of giants, trolls, heroes, and beautiful princesses, these 42 folktales include such favorites as "Temptations," "The Magician's Pupil," "Legend of Tannhäuser," "The Outlaw," "The Widow's Son," and "The Goatherd."
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The gods of Mexico
The Myths of Mexico & Peru is a detailed study on the history and mythology of ancient Aztecs and Incas, providing valuable information to allow understanding into the background of Latin American heritage. The book includes tales of the myths of creations, legends of numerous Mesoamerican Gods, such as Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli, and many other interesting folk tales…
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The Myths of Mexico & Peru
The Myths of Mexico and Peru is a fascinating book that explores the rich mythological traditions of these two South American countries. Written by Lewis Spence, an expert on the folklore and mythology of the Americas, this book delves into the ancient stories and legends of the Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, and other indigenous peoples of Mexico and Peru.
Through Spence's engaging writing and extensive…
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African Myths (Graphic Mythology)
First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. From the vivid adventures of the great Celtic hero Cu Chulaind, to the…
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Bulfinch's Mythology Vols. 2&3
For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity.
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Scandinavian folk-lore
IN this brief outline of an extensive subject I have endeavoured to explain clearly not only what the Icelandic sagas are, but how it happened that they arose in a place so remote from the rest of Europe...The special reasons which explain it are fully stated in the first chapter,...the central Germanic area is not strongly represented; it is on the outmost borders, in Iceland, England, and…
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A dictionary of non-classical mythology
FEATURES:
     •     Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations
     •     A link of an audiobook to download at the end of the book
     •     Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book
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Introduction to mythology
What mythology is and how it has been explained - the solar theory, the ghost theory, the ritual theory - set out by a working folklorist for readers who wanted the arguments before the stories.
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The sacred mountains
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