The Oneida Creation Story - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Demus ELM, Harvey Antone, Floyd G. Lounsbury (Translator)Series:Sources of American Indian Oral LiteraturePublish date:2000-06-01Pages:174
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803267428ISBN-10:803267428UPC:9780803267428Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & MythologySize:8.93 x 6.02 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCFQ1PHDMW
The Oneida Creation Story
The Oneida Creation Story is the oldest tradition of the Onyota'aka (People of the Standing Stone) and is one of the greatest pieces of oral literature of Native North America. Ancient elements of Iroquoian cosmology are the heart of the saga: Sky-world, the fall of Sky-woman, the creation of Earth upon Turtle's back, and the creation of mankind and early society by the twins. Various versions...
Series: Sources of American Indian Oral Literature
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803267428ISBN-10:803267428UPC:9780803267428Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & MythologySize:8.93 x 6.02 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCFQ1PHDMW
Oneida elder Demus Elm first told the Oneida Creation Story to the renowned linguist Floyd G. Lounsbury in 1971. Lounsbury is the author of Oneida Verb Morphology and other works. The transcription and translation of the story were completed with the assistance of Harvey Antone, a relative of Demus Elm, and Bryan Gick. Gick is an assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics and Speech...
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