Myths and tales of the southeastern Indians
by John R. Swanton
Bureau of American Ethnology : Bulletins (88)
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First published in 1929, John R. Swanton?s Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians is a classic of American Indian folklore. During the years 1908-1914 Swanton gathered the myths and legends of the descendants of Muckhogean-speaking peoples living in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, and in this volume he preserved more than three hundred tales of the Creek, Hitchiti, Alabama, Koasati, and Natchez Indians. Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians stands as the largest collection of show more Muskhogean oral traditions ever published. Included are stores on the origin of corn and tobacco, the deeds of ancient native heroes, visits to the world of the dead, and encounters between people and animals or supernatural beings in animal form. Animal tales abound, especially those on the southeastern trickster Rabbit. show lessTags
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John R. Swanton (1873-1958) was a seminal figure in the study of southeastern Native peoples, with more than thirty books to his credit James T. Carson is an assistant professor of history at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario
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- Canonical title
- Myths and tales of the southeastern Indians
- Original title
- Myths and tales of the southeastern Indians
- Original publication date
- 1929
- Important places
- Southeastern USA
- First words
- The greater part of the accompanying material was collected by the writer between the years 1908 and 1914.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Found in various forms in Ojibwa, Plains Cree, Biloxi, Tlingit, Thompson, Blackfoot, Ponca, Assiniboin, Osage, Shuswap, Kutenai.
- Original language
- English
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 3
