Myths and Legends of America 作者:Skinner, Charles M. 页数:296 定价:$ 23.67 ISBN:9781934757246 豆瓣评分 目前无人评价
legends-SouthAMERICAEl Dorado One day in the Andes m ountains of Colombia before Europeans arrived..."We have a new leader.Well go to the lake to celebrate.Cover the leader in gold and ride a golden boat into the middle of the lake.We must make the Lake God happy.The leader will ...
For every myth or hero rendered here, the editors include an informative yet readable excerpt, often the definitive account of the story in question. Taken as a whole, Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America reveals how waves of immigrants, encountering this strange land for the first time,...
The meaning of MYTH is a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon. How to use myth in a sentence. Myth and Urban Myth
ride through Coventry. (The legends of Norwegian and Icelandic kings, recorded from the 12th to the 15th cent., are called sagas.) A myth, however, is generally a story that takes place in an imagined, remote, timeless past and tells of the origins of humans, animals, and the ...
【题目】T here are many myths and legends surrounding the origin (起源) of the ancient Olympic Games. T he most popular legend describes thatHeracles was the creator of the Olympic Games, and built the Olympic stadium and surrounding buildings as an honor to his father Zeus. T he date of...
different times in several parts of the world -- in Mesopotamia, China, Meso- America, and elsewhere. There is anything to support a theory of common [S9]___. origin. There are of course similarities between these systems, but these are not ...
Coyote Discovers America: The Cultural Survival of the Trickster in the Novels of Thomas King Representation of dual consciousness of persons; Discussion of Coyote in `American Indian Myths and Legends'; `Medicine River'; `Green Grass, Running Water... DK Pettigrew - 《Wicazo Sa Review》 被引...
Ghostly Legends Lost Treasure Tales Monsters & Strange Creatures Native American Legends & Tales Witchcraft in America Rip Van Winkle and his dog by Thomas Nast, 1880 La Llorona – The Weeping Woman the Southwest ©Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated January 2024....
Franz Boas (1858-1942), geographer, linguist, physical anthropologist and ethnologist, is considered the father of modern North American anthropology. The 1895 German publication of this book gathered together in a single volume his earliest research in British Columbia and now, for the first time,...