| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Summary |
Stories of the primordial woman who married a bear appear across the global North from Indigenous North America and Scandinavia to Russia and Korea. In The Woman Who Married the Bear, authors Barbara Alice Mann, a scholar of Indigenous American culture, and Kaarina Kailo, who specializes in the cultures of Northern Europe, join forces to examine the Bear-Husband stories on their respective continents, their common elements, and their meanings in the context of matriarchal culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bears -- Folklore
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Human-animal relationships -- Folklore
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Spirituality.
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Bears
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Human-animal relationships
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Spirituality
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| Genre/Form |
Folklore
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197655436 |
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0197655432 |
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