The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & LegendsMacmillan, 1989 - 260 pages Fully indexed and containing lavish color illustrations and a wealth of line drawings, this is the most up-to-date, beautiful, and graphically useful reference of its kind on the market today. |
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Page 40
... North American Indians is exemplified in the figure of the shaman . On both sides of the Bering Straits , the medicine - man or medicine - woman is the focus of traditional belief . The shamans act as intermediaries between the spirit ...
... North American Indians is exemplified in the figure of the shaman . On both sides of the Bering Straits , the medicine - man or medicine - woman is the focus of traditional belief . The shamans act as intermediaries between the spirit ...
Page 79
... North American folklore , was introduced to that continent by African slaves . JA.S COYOTE The trickster god of the North Ameri- can Indians of the western and south- western United States . A mischievous , cunning deity , he caused ...
... North American folklore , was introduced to that continent by African slaves . JA.S COYOTE The trickster god of the North Ameri- can Indians of the western and south- western United States . A mischievous , cunning deity , he caused ...
Page 250
... NORTH AMERICA Barbeau , M. Peaux - Rouges d'Amérique : Leurs moeurs , leurs coûtumes , Montreal , 1965 . Burland , C. North American Mythology , London , 1965 . Carpenter , E. Eskimo , Toronto , 1959 . Clark , E. L. Indian Legends of ...
... NORTH AMERICA Barbeau , M. Peaux - Rouges d'Amérique : Leurs moeurs , leurs coûtumes , Montreal , 1965 . Burland , C. North American Mythology , London , 1965 . Carpenter , E. Eskimo , Toronto , 1959 . Clark , E. L. Indian Legends of ...
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