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Title: Stars of the First People: Native American Star Myths and Constellations by Dorcas S. Miller ISBN: 0-87108-858-4 Publisher: Pruett Publishing Co. Pub. Date: December, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Well-written book with information hard to find elsewhere
Comment: This is one of the most complete set of Native American star legends that I have seen. The author first reviews the standard Greek and Roman myths that have given us our constellation names. For each region of North America, he devotes an entire chapter to star legends from indigenous people that live in that region. At the end of each chapter he lists standard constellations and groups and the Native American legends behind each, and at the end of the book he provides an overall listing. Some interesting similarities come out - for example, the Big Dipper is a bear in standard Greek and Roman and in many Native American myths, and Sirius is a dog or wolf star in standard and in Native American myths. The stories are well written and can be used anywhere where storytelling is called for - for example, to groups of children. For a good summary of Native American myths, look to this volume. I just wish there was a similar compendium of ALL the world's indigenous star myths.
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Title: They Dance in the Sky : Native American Star Myths by Ray A Williamson, Jean Guard Monroe, Edgar Stewart ISBN: 039539970X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 27 April, 1987 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The New Patterns in the Sky: Myths and Legends of the Stars by Julius D. W. Staal ISBN: 0939923041 Publisher: McDonald & Woodward Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Living the Sky: The Cosmos of the American Indian by Ray A. Williamson, Snowden Hodges ISBN: 0806120347 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: June, 1987 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Echoes of the Ancient Skies : The Astronomy of Lost Civilizations by E. C. Krupp ISBN: 0486428826 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Earth Under Sky Bear's Feet: Native American Poems of the Land by Joseph Bruchac, Thomas Locker, Paper Star ISBN: 069811647X Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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