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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | E99.C88 B75 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- 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