Myths of the Americas

by Daniel Garrison Brinton

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A study of the intellectual history of mankind as it is exemplified by the American Indian: The questions of origin and destiny, the concepts of God and a soul, myths of creation, symbols such as the bird, serpent and the cross--universal questions are analyzed in terms of the faith of the Indians.

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