Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians by John R Swanton

Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians by John R Swanton

First published in 1929, John R. Swanton's Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians is a classic of American Indian folklore. During the years 1908-1914 Swanton gathered the myths and legends of the descendants of Muckhogean-speaking peoples living in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, and in this volume he preserved more than three hundred tales of the Creek, Hitchiti, Alabama, Koasati, and Natchez Indians.Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians stands as the largest collection of Muskhogean oral traditions ever published. Included are stores on the origin of corn and tobacco, the deeds of ancient native heroes, visits to the world of the dead, and encounters between people and animals or supernatural beings in animal form. Animal tales abound, especially those on the southeastern trickster Rabbit.

John R. Swanton was the most prolific author with the Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology. He produced twenty works on the American Indian, among them The Indian Tribes of North American and The Indians of the Southeastern United States.

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ISBN 13	9780806127842
ISBN 10	0806127848
Title	Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians
Author	John R Swanton
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Oklahoma Press
Year published	1995-10-30
Number of pages	296
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