Author: Spence, Lewis,
Title: North American Indians: myths and legends series.
Description: NY, Avenel Books, (1986). 2nd prntg. Fine in Fine DJ. Before the arrival of the Europeans, more than 300 tribal groups lived iin the forests, mountains and plains of North. America. In countless tepeees across the wide expanse of the North American continent the Indian storytellers filled the hours of darkness with tales of myth and magic that held their audiences spellbound The stories were more than entertainment, they were an essential part of a culture based on a common understanding of mankind's place in nature. As such the mythology was inseparable from the ceremonise and beliefs of the tribes. In many such as the Navajjo, the mythology was inextricably bound with tribal ceremonal and beliefs, dancers who donned masks to represent gods thereby assumed the spiritual strengths associated with them. Myths and Legends Series.

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