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Ojibway Heritage

by Basil H Johnston

Rarely accessible to the general public, Ojibway mythology is as rich in meaning, as broad, as deep, and as innately appealing as the mythologies of Greece, Rome, and other Western civilizations. In Ojibway Heritage Basil Johnston introduces his people’s ceremonies, rituals, songs, dances, prayers, and legends. Conveying the sense of wonder and mystery at the heart of the Ojibway experience, Johnston describes the creation of the universe, followed by that of plants and animals and human beings, and the paths taken by the latter. These stories are to be read, enjoyed, and freely interpreted. Their authorship is perhaps most properly attributed to the tribal storytellers who have carried on the oral tradition that Johnston records and preserves in this book.

Basil Johnston is a linguist and lecturer in the Department of Ethnology at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

171 pp — ©1976

 

 

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8080-327-572 softcover $12.95 $11.00 $1.95 Buy
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ISBN: 0803275722
CATEGORY: Tales & Mythology
UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
April 1990
 
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