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Traditional Native American Tales About Women’s Power: Spider Woman’s Web
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In the Americas, the oral tradition has created one of the oldest surviving bodies of literature on earth. Native American storytelling, in particular, stands out for its distinctive honoring of womanly power and the female forces of the universe.Gathered here are traditional versions of stories and songs that best portray this strength and vitality. Illuminating the scope of human behaviorfrom treacherous mates and medicine men to magical sages and murderous mothersthese tales offer universal truths. And for readers who wish to explore the transformative healing gifts of these stories in a more personal way, each is accompanied by thought-provoking exercises and meditations. Also included are brief introductions to provide historical and cultural context.Entertaining, educational, and inspirational, this collection of timeless wisdom will shed light on the lives of readers for generations to come.
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| Weight | 0.22 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 1.88 × 13.21 × 20.07 cm |
| PubliCanadation City/Country | USA |
| by | |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 256 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 1999-11-1 |
| Imprint | |
| ISBN 10 | 0399525467 |
| About The Author | A former professor at Peninsula College, Susan Hazen-Hammond is the author of Timelines of Native American History and seven other nonfiction books, numerous articles, short stories and poems. She has received high praise for her writing on Native American subjects and has also taught a wide range of psychology courses. Her ancestors include Abenaki men and women. |
| Table Of Content | IntroductionKey to SymbolsOne: Spider Woman Saves Ko-chin-ni-na-koKeresan, SouthwestConnectionsTwo: Spider Woman's WebAthabaskan, AlaskaConnectionsThree: Qi-yo Ke-pe, The Great HealerKeresan, SouthwestConnectionsFour: The Woman Whose Heart Became IceMicmac, NortheastConnectionsFive: Sedna, Mistress of the UnderworldInuit, AlaskaConnectionsSix: The Worm That Devoured WomenCherokee, SoutheastConnectionsSeven: White Star Woman and Great Star ManPawnee, Great PlainsConnectionsEight: Ataensie, The Woman Who Fell from the SkyIroquois, NortheastConnectionsNine: The Origin of CornAbenaki, NortheastConnectionsTen: First Woman and the PeopleNavajo, SouthwestConnectionsEleven: White Buffalo WomanLakota (Sioux), Great PlainsConnectionsTwelve: The Buffalo WifePiegan (Blackfeet), Great PlainsConnectionsThirteen: Sweet Corn Woman's TaleTewa, SouthwestConnectionsFourteen: The Women WarriorsTewa, SouthwestConnectionsFifteen: Coyote Marries His DaughterUte, Great BasinConnectionsSixteen: The Abandoned ChildrenWhite Clay People (Gros Ventre), Great PlainsConnectionsSeventeen: The Two Sisters and Their AuntMiwok, CaliforniaConnectionsEighteen: The Woman Who Kept SecretsHopi, SouthwestConnectionsNineteen: The Quilt of Men's EyesSeneca, NortheastConnectionsTwenty: The Kidnapped Wife and the Dream HelperPiegan (Blackfeet), Great PlainsConnectionsTwenty-One: The Woman Who Built the First Medicine LodgePiegan (Blackfeet), Great PlainsTwenty-Two: The Dream of Double WomanLakota (Sioux), Great PlainsConnectionsTwenty-Three: The Woman Who Married the SeaSamish (Coast Salish), Northwest CoastConnectionsTwenty-Four: The Beginning of Wisdom and LawYakima, PlateauConnectionsTwenty-Five: Dancing for NomtaimetWintu, CaliforniaConnectionsAfterwordAcknowledgmentsFor Further ReadingIndexAbout the AuthorAbout the Covers |
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