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Native American Mythology
This new series is designed to help young readers understand the origins, cultural importance and impact of world mythologies; each title focuses on one cultural or national mythology and explains how those stories reflect the culture that created them.; This new volume in Lucent's Mythology and Culture Worldwide series looks at Native American mythology, draws connections between Native American culture and its myths, and explains how the beliefs, values, and experiences of that culture are represented i; This new series from Lucent Books is designed to help young readers understand the origins, cultural importance and impact of world mythologies. These books will explain how mythology reflects the culture that created it. Each volume focuses on one cultur
128 pages, Library Binding
First published April 13, 2012
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Q.L. Pearce
141 books28 followersBest selling author and expert on all things that go bump in the night, Q. L. Pearce began her career as a writer and editor in 1985 with Lowell House / Roxbury Press in Los Angeles. She has since written more than one hundred and twenty books for children, including eight collections of scary stories for middle grade and film tie-in books for the Fox animated film Titan AE and the Universal animated series Land Before Time. Q believes strongly in the value of scary books for young readers. When asked what credentials she has which qualify her as an expert in this area she replies, "I was a child once. That was very scary."
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July 25, 2020
Native American Mythology
by
Q.L. Pearce
2012
July 25 2020
While enjoying the map of Tribal regions, the rest of the book was alright but a little disappointing. It was a mish mash of Native myths and some comparatives to other (European) myths.
Notes:
Page 9: Mythology is a complete body or collection of ancient stories associated with a group of people with a shared culture.
In their Handbook of Native American Mythology, authors Dawn E. Bastian and Judy K. Mitchell remark that myths are “true because they are based on reality and address issues of the tangible world I which we live, even if the characters and events themselves are imaginary.”
Around the world, myths have been handed down from generation to generation to explain, teach guide, inspire or even to entertain.
10: Myth is thus a vial ingredient of human civilization; it is not an idle tale, but a hard-worked active force; it is not an intellectual explanation or an artistic imagery but a pragmatic charter of primitive faith and moral wisdom
11: The best way to study native myths is to put them in context by learning about the cultures that produced the stories.
41: Arrow Boy told his people to “beware the light-skinned strangers. They will bring sicknesses of all kind to you.” He said the strangers would bring what seemed like marvellous gifts, but they would make the people forget their past and their ancestors. …and “turn the whole world into stone.”
48: Space Myth: The National Air and Space Museum sponsored an exhibit from 1997 to 1999 called Star Wars: The Magic of Myth. More than two hundred props and costumes were on display, including the light sabres of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. The exhibit focused on how Star Wars films were influence by Joseph Cambell’s books. (sic Campbell)
Note: Joseph John Campbell was an American professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience
https://www.amazon.ca/Myths-Live-Jose...
69: One version is based on the Iroquois creation myth of Sky Women. Sky Women had fallen to Earth from a hole in the sky and had landed safely on an island on the back of a turtle.
Three sacred plants grew from the grave, the Three Sisters corn, beans and squash.
Three seeds were traditionally planted in the same mound.
80: Authors David Leeming and Jake Page describe the importance of mythology to its culture: “A myth is a reflection of a culture’s soul, its inner sense of itself.”
The first Europeans to record the myths of North America were Jesuit missionaries.
89: According to ancient Hopi prophecy, “The truth of the Sacred Ways shall be revealed when the Eagle lands on the moon” On July 20, 1969, astronauts from NASA’s Apollo 11 space flight landed on the moon in the lunar module named Eagle. Many believe that the prophecy was fulfilled when the astronauts reported, “The Eagle has landed.”
~ Q.L. Pearce
by
Q.L. Pearce
2012
July 25 2020
While enjoying the map of Tribal regions, the rest of the book was alright but a little disappointing. It was a mish mash of Native myths and some comparatives to other (European) myths.
Notes:
Page 9: Mythology is a complete body or collection of ancient stories associated with a group of people with a shared culture.
In their Handbook of Native American Mythology, authors Dawn E. Bastian and Judy K. Mitchell remark that myths are “true because they are based on reality and address issues of the tangible world I which we live, even if the characters and events themselves are imaginary.”
Around the world, myths have been handed down from generation to generation to explain, teach guide, inspire or even to entertain.
10: Myth is thus a vial ingredient of human civilization; it is not an idle tale, but a hard-worked active force; it is not an intellectual explanation or an artistic imagery but a pragmatic charter of primitive faith and moral wisdom
11: The best way to study native myths is to put them in context by learning about the cultures that produced the stories.
41: Arrow Boy told his people to “beware the light-skinned strangers. They will bring sicknesses of all kind to you.” He said the strangers would bring what seemed like marvellous gifts, but they would make the people forget their past and their ancestors. …and “turn the whole world into stone.”
48: Space Myth: The National Air and Space Museum sponsored an exhibit from 1997 to 1999 called Star Wars: The Magic of Myth. More than two hundred props and costumes were on display, including the light sabres of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. The exhibit focused on how Star Wars films were influence by Joseph Cambell’s books. (sic Campbell)
Note: Joseph John Campbell was an American professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience
https://www.amazon.ca/Myths-Live-Jose...
69: One version is based on the Iroquois creation myth of Sky Women. Sky Women had fallen to Earth from a hole in the sky and had landed safely on an island on the back of a turtle.
Three sacred plants grew from the grave, the Three Sisters corn, beans and squash.
Three seeds were traditionally planted in the same mound.
80: Authors David Leeming and Jake Page describe the importance of mythology to its culture: “A myth is a reflection of a culture’s soul, its inner sense of itself.”
The first Europeans to record the myths of North America were Jesuit missionaries.
89: According to ancient Hopi prophecy, “The truth of the Sacred Ways shall be revealed when the Eagle lands on the moon” On July 20, 1969, astronauts from NASA’s Apollo 11 space flight landed on the moon in the lunar module named Eagle. Many believe that the prophecy was fulfilled when the astronauts reported, “The Eagle has landed.”
~ Q.L. Pearce
December 26, 2024
Interesting overview over tribal regions and major characters in Native American mythology: the first people of North America, the universal myths, deities and spirits, Little People, myth in daily life, the survival of myth, Totem Poles. With all the photos and illustrations very readable and intriguing. Really recommended!
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