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Author Lankford, George E., 1938-

Title Reachable stars : patterns in the ethnoastronomy of eastern North America / George E. Lankford
Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Four ethnoastronomies -- The star husband -- The morning stars -- The morning star of the Winnebago -- Stars in the north : bears, biers, and boats -- The star cluster -- The star women -- The path through the stars -- The starry hand -- The serpent in the stars -- Some ethnoastronomical insights
Summary Modern Westerners say the lights in the sky are stars, but culturally they are whatever we humans say they are. Some say they are Forces that determine human lives, some declare they are burning gaseous masses, and some see them as reminders of a gloried past by which elders can teach and guide the young - mnemonics for narratives. Lankford's volume focuses on the ancient North Americans and the ways they identified, patterned, ordered, and used the stars to light their culture and illuminate their traditions. They knew them as regions that could be visited by human spirits, and so the lig
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-297) and index
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Subject Indian cosmology.
Indian mythology -- East (U.S.)
Indian mythology -- Great Plains
Ethnoastronomy -- East (U.S.)
Ethnoastronomy -- Great Plains
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
Ethnoastronomy
Indian cosmology
Indian mythology
Great Plains
East United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006039790
ISBN 9780817380939
0817380930
0817315683
9780817315689