| The following myths are reprinted by permission of the publishers: "White Buffalo Woman" (pp. 3539), "A Gust of Wind" (pp. 4345), "Coyote, Iktome, and the Rock'' (pp. 5052), "The Man Who Was Afraid of Nothing" (pp. 11821), "The Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee'' (pp. 13740), "The End of the World" (pp. 14041), "Little-Manwith-Hair-All-Over" (pp. 16875), and "The Life and Death of Sweet Medicine" (pp. 17986), from American Indian Myths and Legends, ed. Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz, copyright 1984 by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz, reprinted by permission of Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc.; "Black Elk Journeys to the Center" (p. 42), from John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks, published by the University of Nebraska Press; "First Creator and Lone Man" (pp. 7984), from Martha Warren Beckwith, Mandan-Hidatsa Myths and Ceremonies, Memoirs of the American Folklore Society, copyright 1938 American Folklore Society and not for further reproduction; "The Setting Out" (pp. 9699), from N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain, copyright 1969 by the University of New Mexico; "Ts'its'tsi'nako, Thought-Woman" (pp. 1012), from Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, copyright 1977 by Leslie Silko, used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.; "Over the Hill" (pp. 11718), from Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin, American Indian Mythology, copyright 1968 by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin, reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. |
| Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data |
Leeming, David Adams, 1937
The mythology of native North America / by David Leeming and
Jake Page. p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8061-3012-1 (alk. paper)
1. Indian mythologyNorth America. I. Page, Jake. II. Title.
E98.R3L35 1998
398.2'08997dc21 97-18451
CIP |
| Text was designed by Alicia Hembekides, set in Garamond with displays in Baker Signet. |
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc.  |
| Copyright 1998 by David A. Leeming and Jake Page. All rights reserved. Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. Manufactured in the U.S.A. |
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