Koasati Traditional Narratives

Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey D. Kimball is an independent scholar. He is the author of Koasati Dictionary (Nebraska 1994) and Koasati Grammar (Nebraska 1991). Klappentext Geoffrey D. Kimball is an independent scholar. He is the author of Koasati Dictionary (Nebraska 1994) and Koasati Grammar (Nebraska 1991). Zusammenfassung The first published collection of oral literature of the Koasati Indians! who at the time of first contact with the West lived in the upper Tennessee River valley but now predominantly reside in western Louisiana. The works were gathered from several narrators between 1910 and 1992 and are presented in the original Koasati verse and in English translation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part One: Mythological Narratives1. Rabbit Stories2. Origin Tales3. Monster Stories4. Animal Tales5. Medicine Origin Tales6. Christian Tales Part Two: Semihistorical Narratives7. Encounter Stories8. War Stories9. Other Semihistorical Stories Appendix 1. Linguistically Analyzed TextsAppendix 2. Transcriptions of Swanton's TextsReferences

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• Authors: Geoffrey D Kimball, Geoffrey D. Kimball, KIMBALL GEOFFREY D
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2010
• EAN: 9780803227293
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-2729-3
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Studies in the Anthropology of; Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians; Studies in the Anthropology of
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore