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Ācaðōhkīwina and ācimōwina : traditional narratives of the Rock Cree Indians / Robert A. Brightman.

Title
Ācaðōhkīwina and ācimōwina : traditional narratives of the Rock Cree Indians / Robert A. Brightman.
Author
Brightman, Robert Alain, 1950-
Publication
Regina (Sask.) : University of Regina, Canadian Plains Research Center, 2007.

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Additional Authors
University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Description
x, 185 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
First published in 1980 by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, this study presents narratives from different genres of Rock Cree oral literature in northwestern Manitoba together with interpretive and comparative commentary. The collection comprises narratives of the tricker-transformer Wisahkicahk, animal-human characters, spirit guardians, the wihtikow of cannibal monster, humorous experiences, sorcery, and early encounters with Catholicism. -- back cover
Series Statement
Canadian Plains reprint series, 1208-9680 ; 13
Uniform Title
CPRS (Series : Regina, Sask.) 13.
Alternative Title
Traditional narratives of the Rock Cree Indians
Subject
  • Cree Indians > Manitoba > Folklore
  • Folk literature, Indian > Manitoba > Translations into English
  • Folk literature, Indian > Manitoba > History and criticism
  • Cree mythology > Manitoba
  • Oral tradition > Manitoba
  • Cris (Indiens) > Manitoba (Nord) > Folklore
  • Littérature populaire indienne d'Amérique > Manitoba (Nord) > Traductions anglaises
  • Littérature populaire indienne d'Amérique > Manitoba (Nord) > Histoire et critique
  • Mythologie crie > Manitoba (Nord)
  • Tradition orale > Manitoba (Nord)
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Folklore
  • Translations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references: p. 181-185.
Language (note)
  • Includes some text in Woods Cree.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Chapter 1 : The Rock Cree and their literature 1 -- Chapter 2 : Ācaðōhkīwin : The Wīsahkīcāhk cycle 9 -- Chapter 3 : Discussion of the Trickster-Transformer cycle 49 -- Chapter 4 : Other ācaðōhkīwina 75 -- Chapter 5 : kayās-ācimōwina 129 -- Chapter 6 : kayās-ācimōwina : manitōkīwin and Catholicism 137 -- Chapter 7 : ācimōwina : wītikōw encounters and medicine stories 147 -- Chapter 8 : ācimōwina : Humour 159 -- Chapter 9 : Texts : Animal marriages 167.
  • The bear husband, pp. 169-174 -- The beaver wife, pp. 178-179.
ISBN
  • 9780889771956
  • 0889771952
OCLC
  • 166687916
  • SCSB-11041727
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library