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- ISBN: 9780803266032 | 0803266030
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/1/1997
The Pawnee Mythology, originally published in 1906, preserves 148 tales of the Pawnee Indians, who farmed and hunted and lived in earth-covered lodges along the Platte River in Nebraska. The stories, collected from surviving members of four bandsSkidi, Pitahauirat, Kitkehahki, and Chauiwere generally told during intermissions of sacred ceremonies. Many were accompanied by music. George A. Dorsey recorded these Pawnee myths early in the twentieth century after the tribe's traumatic removal from their ancestral homeland to Oklahoma. He included stories of instruction concerning supernatural beings, the importance of revering such gifts as the buffalo and corn, and the results of violating nature. Hero tales, forming another group, usually centered on a poor boy who overcame all odds to benefit the tribe. Other tales invited good fortune, recognized wonderful beings like the witch women and spider women, and explained the origin of medicine powers. Coyote tales were meant to amuse while teaching ethics.
George A. Dorsey (1868–1931) was a distinguished anthropologist and journalist who also wrote about the traditions of the Arapahos, Arikaras, and Osages. Douglas R. Parks is a professor of anthropology and associate director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University. He is the editor of James R. Murie’s Ceremonies of the Pawnee (Nebraska 1989) and the editor and translator of Myths and Traditions of the Arikara Indians (Nebraska 1996).
Preface | 5 | (2) | |||
Introduction | 7 | (6) | |||
MYTHS I. TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. | 13 | (129) | |||
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II. TALES OF READY-TO-GIVE. | 142 | (99) | |||
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III. THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE CEREMONIES OR POWER. | 241 | (187) | |||
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IV. COYOTE TALES. | 428 | (45) | |||
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Abstracts | 473-546 |
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