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Author Lankford, George E., 1938-

Title Reachable stars : patterns in the ethnoastronomy of eastern North America / George E. Lankford.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-297) and index.
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 & mdash;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.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Indian cosmology.
Indian cosmology.
Indian mythology -- East (U.S.)
Indian mythology.
Indian mythology -- Great Plains.
Great Plains.
Ethnoastronomy -- East (U.S.)
Ethnoastronomy.
Ethnoastronomy -- Great Plains.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lankford, George E., 1938- Reachable stars. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007 9780817315689 0817315683 (DLC) 2006039790 (OCoLC)76901884
ISBN 9780817380939 (electronic book)
0817380930 (electronic book)
9780817315689 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0817315683
9780817354282 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
081735428X