American Hero Myths
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Author | : Waugh |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 694 |
Release | : 2010-07-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1458781437 |
Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Yet today his monuments are rarely visited, his military reputation is overshadowed by that of Robert E. Lee, and his presidency is permanently mired at the bottom of historical rankings. In an insightful blen...
Author | : Daniel Garrison Brinton |
Publisher | : Johnson Reprint Corporation |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Psychology |
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Author | : Daniel Garrison Brinton |
Publisher | : Johnson Reprint Corporation |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Psychology |
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Author | : Anita Yasuda |
Publisher | : ABDO Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2012-09-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1614789312 |
The Navajo people often told stories that taught the listener the tribe's customs and history. In this hero myth, the story of the twins who saved Earth from the monsters leading to the creation of the Navajo clans is shared. The Navajo hero myth is retold in this brilliantly illustrated Native American Myth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Short Tales is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Author | : John Shelton Lawrence |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802825737 |
As the nation seems to yearn for redemption from the evils that threaten its tranquility, the authors maintain that Joseph Campbell's monomythic hero is alive and well, but significantly displaced, in American popular culture.
Author | : Daniel G. Brinton |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2019-12-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
"American Hero-Myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent" by Daniel G. Brinton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author | : Daniel Brinton |
Publisher | : Litres |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-12-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 504123762X |
Author | : Stith Thompson |
Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 453 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1465580182 |
Author | : Richard Erdoes |
Publisher | : Pantheon |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 2013-12-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 080415175X |
More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.
Author | : David Adams Leeming |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : 0195117840 |
Presents a variety of myths, tales, and legends. Includes Native American tales about creation, goddesses, trickster gods, the Indian and the white man, as well as Hispanic American, Asian American, Anglo American, and African American stories. Features patriotic heroes, American loners, frontiersman, and tall tales, Western outlaws, lawmen, and cowboys, slave rebels, and Blues legends, among other topics.