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Title: Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping With His Daughter: Coyote Builds North America by Barry Holstun Lopez ISBN: 0-8362-0726-2 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: February, 1978 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Coyote Mythology Book Ever
Comment: Of all the Coyote mythology collections I've read, this is the best. It features an assortment of styles from over 30 tribes, giving a broad sense of what the Coyote is. The author takes great pleasure in the introduction when he states that the greatest mistake is to generalize the Coyote, even to say he is a trickster is sometimes wrong. This book is just as if someone took all their favorite Coyote stories and put them in order (he starts the book at the creation of the Earth, and Man. Ending when "Coyote finishes his work.")
I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn about the Coyote.
Rating: 4
Summary: Hairball "Roots"
Comment: Lopez heralds a message to our so-called "modern" Judeo-christian culture from the stone-age past: You can't separate the good from the bad. Coyote resembles nothing short of an agent of Bacchus, welding god-like powers of creation, with basal human desires and weaknesses.
In his anthology, Lopez has focused strictly on the Coyote of Native American lore, and thus has attempted to filter out most of the more modern interpretations and spin-offs, as well as removing any european influences. The observation that Lopez was not entirely successful in this effort shows the difficulty of such a task. The last story, "Coyote Finishes His Work", shows a distinctly "Euro-christian" influence. However, Lopez was at least successful enough to distinguish this piece from Bright's "Coyote Reader". Both are excellent works, and deserve your eye.
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful book full of adventures by coyote trickster
Comment: I know this book is out of print and hard to find, but if you can let Amazon.com search it out for you, it is worth the effort. Lopez is at his best form in telling these stories of the coyote trickster. Some of the stories can best be described as ribald versions of the Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit stories. However, these are fresh stories that will engage your imagination and tickle your funny bone. I once entertained a group of young men with these stories one evening around a campfire...young men who thought they were too old to be read to. They laughed and wouldn't let me stop reading until my throat was hoarse. Find a copy if you can!
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Title: Field Notes: Grace Note by Barry H. Lopez ISBN: 0380724820 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Winter Count by Barry Lopez ISBN: 0679781412 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 02 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Desert Notes: Reflection by Barry H. Lopez ISBN: 0380711109 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: About This Life : Journeys on the Threshold of Memory by Barry Lopez ISBN: 0679754474 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 27 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: A Coyote Reader by William Bright ISBN: 0520080629 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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