The Resource Cherokee myths and legends : thirty tales retold, Terry L. Norton
Cherokee myths and legends : thirty tales retold, Terry L. Norton
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The item Cherokee myths and legends : thirty tales retold, Terry L. Norton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Retelling 30 Eastern Cherokee myths and legends, this book presents the stories with important details providing a culturally authentic and historically accurate context. Background is information given within each story so the reader may avoid reliance on glossaries, endnotes, or other explanatory aids. The reader may thus experience the stories more as their original audiences would have"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vi, 222 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction: considerations in adapting Native American traditional literature
- Guide to the pronunciation of Cherokee words
- Origins
- The three worlds
- Fire
- Corn and game
- Disease and medicine
- The bear and the bear songs
- Tobacco
- The Pleiades and the pine cone
- Killing the great monsters
- The Great Yellow Jacket Ulagu
- The leech place
- The Uktena and the Shawano conjuror
- The red man and the Uktena
- Ustu-tli, the great snake of the Cohutta Mountains
- The great hawks
- The hunter in the Dakwa
- Supernatural and animal adversaries and helpers
- Spear-finger, the Nantahala Ogress
- The Stone Man of the Mountains
- The raven mockers
- The immortals and the water cannibals
- The man who traveled to the world below
- Judaculla, the slant-eyed giant of Tanasee Bald
- Legends of Pilot Knob
- Yahula
- The unseen helpers
- Legends from history by or about the Cherokee
- The lost Cherokee
- Ga'na and the Cherokee
- The Mohawk warriors
- The false warriors
- Jocassee
- Some heroic acts in wars with whites
- Cateechee of Keowee: a ballad of the Carolina backcountry
- Notes on sources used in the retellings
- Isbn
- 9780786494606
- Label
- Cherokee myths and legends : thirty tales retold
- Title
- Cherokee myths and legends
- Title remainder
- thirty tales retold
- Statement of responsibility
- Terry L. Norton
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Retelling 30 Eastern Cherokee myths and legends, this book presents the stories with important details providing a culturally authentic and historically accurate context. Background is information given within each story so the reader may avoid reliance on glossaries, endnotes, or other explanatory aids. The reader may thus experience the stories more as their original audiences would have"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Norton, Terry L.
- Dewey number
- 398.2089/97557
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Cherokee Indians
- Tales
- Cherokee Indians
- Tales
- North Carolina
- Label
- Cherokee myths and legends : thirty tales retold, Terry L. Norton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references(pages 211-216) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: considerations in adapting Native American traditional literature -- Guide to the pronunciation of Cherokee words -- Origins -- The three worlds -- Fire -- Corn and game -- Disease and medicine -- The bear and the bear songs -- Tobacco -- The Pleiades and the pine cone -- Killing the great monsters -- The Great Yellow Jacket Ulagu -- The leech place -- The Uktena and the Shawano conjuror -- The red man and the Uktena -- Ustu-tli, the great snake of the Cohutta Mountains -- The great hawks -- The hunter in the Dakwa -- Supernatural and animal adversaries and helpers -- Spear-finger, the Nantahala Ogress -- The Stone Man of the Mountains -- The raven mockers -- The immortals and the water cannibals -- The man who traveled to the world below -- Judaculla, the slant-eyed giant of Tanasee Bald -- Legends of Pilot Knob -- Yahula -- The unseen helpers -- Legends from history by or about the Cherokee -- The lost Cherokee -- Ga'na and the Cherokee -- The Mohawk warriors -- The false warriors -- Jocassee -- Some heroic acts in wars with whites -- Cateechee of Keowee: a ballad of the Carolina backcountry -- Notes on sources used in the retellings
- Control code
- 1069658
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- vi, 222 pages
- Isbn
- 9780786494606
- Lccn
- 2014037060
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780786494606
- (OCoLC)882191667
- Label
- Cherokee myths and legends : thirty tales retold, Terry L. Norton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references(pages 211-216) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: considerations in adapting Native American traditional literature -- Guide to the pronunciation of Cherokee words -- Origins -- The three worlds -- Fire -- Corn and game -- Disease and medicine -- The bear and the bear songs -- Tobacco -- The Pleiades and the pine cone -- Killing the great monsters -- The Great Yellow Jacket Ulagu -- The leech place -- The Uktena and the Shawano conjuror -- The red man and the Uktena -- Ustu-tli, the great snake of the Cohutta Mountains -- The great hawks -- The hunter in the Dakwa -- Supernatural and animal adversaries and helpers -- Spear-finger, the Nantahala Ogress -- The Stone Man of the Mountains -- The raven mockers -- The immortals and the water cannibals -- The man who traveled to the world below -- Judaculla, the slant-eyed giant of Tanasee Bald -- Legends of Pilot Knob -- Yahula -- The unseen helpers -- Legends from history by or about the Cherokee -- The lost Cherokee -- Ga'na and the Cherokee -- The Mohawk warriors -- The false warriors -- Jocassee -- Some heroic acts in wars with whites -- Cateechee of Keowee: a ballad of the Carolina backcountry -- Notes on sources used in the retellings
- Control code
- 1069658
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- vi, 222 pages
- Isbn
- 9780786494606
- Lccn
- 2014037060
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780786494606
- (OCoLC)882191667
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