Wisconsin Chippewa Myths and Tales And Their Relation to Chippewa Life

Name: Wisconsin Chippewa Myths and Tales And Their Relation to Chippewa Life
Price: 7.8 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780299073145

ISBN-10: 0299073149

ISBN-13: 9780299073145

Edition: 1979 (Reprint)

Authors: Victor Barnouw

List price: $26.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

3 new & used from $7.80

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Wisconsin Chippewa Mythsnbsp; Tales, originally published in 1977, was the first collection of Chippewa folklore to provide a comparative and sociological context for the tales.nbsp; Thesenbsp; myths and tales were recorded between 1941 and 1944 by four young field workers who later became prominent anthropologists: Joseph B. Casagrande, Ernestine Friedl, Robert E. Ritzenthaler, and Victor Barnouw himself.nbsp; The tales-which include stories of tricksters, animals, magical powers, and cannibal ice-giants-were told primarily by five members of the Lac Court Oreilles and Lac du Flambeau bands of Chippewa: John Mink, Prosper Guibord, Delia Oshogay, Tom Badger, and Julia Badger.nbsp;Wisconsin…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 10/15/1979
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.924



Preface



Introduction



The Wenebojo Myth from Lac du Flambeau



Wenebojo Myths from Lac Court Oreilles



Stories about Matchikwewis and Oshkikwe



Windigo Stories



Animal Tales



Tales of Spells and Magical Powers



Tales of European or Mixed Origin



Chippewa Folklore in Individual Fantasies



General Comments on the Myths and Tales


Appendix A


Appendix B


References Cited


Index of Motifs


General Index