John Reed Swanton (Ordine dei libri (cronologico))

John Reed Swanton Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

John Reed Swanton fu un antropologo, folklorista e linguista americano. Raggiunse il riconoscimento per i suoi studi etnologici ed etnostorici, con un focus particolare sui popoli indigeni del Sud-est e del Pacifico nord-occidentale. Il suo lavoro mirava a comprendere e documentare le culture e le lingue delle comunità native americane. I contributi di Swanton offrono profonde intuizioni sulla vita e le tradizioni di questi gruppi.

Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians

300pagine
11 ore di lettura

First published in 1929, John R. Swanton’s Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians is a classic of American Indian folklore. During the years 1908-1914 Swanton gathered the myths and legends of the descendants of Muckhogean-speaking peoples living in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, and in this volume he preserved more than three hundred tales of the Creek, Hitchiti, Alabama, Koasati, and Natchez Indians. Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians stands as the largest collection of Muskhogean oral traditions ever published. Included are stores on the origin of corn and tobacco, the deeds of ancient native heroes, visits to the world of the dead, and encounters between people and animals or supernatural beings in animal form. Animal tales abound, especially those on the southeastern trickster Rabbit.

1995