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Iroquois Supernatural - Talking Animals and Medicine People (Paperback, Original ed.) Loot Price: R403
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Iroquois Supernatural - Talking Animals and Medicine People (Paperback, Original ed.): Michael Bastine, Mason Winfield

Iroquois Supernatural - Talking Animals and Medicine People (Paperback, Original ed.)

Michael Bastine, Mason Winfield

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Brings the paranormal beings and places of the Iroquois folklore tradition to life through historic and contemporary accounts of otherworldly encounters
- Recounts stories of shapeshifting witches, giant flying heads, enchanted masks, ethereal lights, talking animals, Little People, spirit-choirs, potent curses, and haunted hills, roads, and battlefields
- Includes accounts of miraculous healings by shamans and medicine people such as Mad Bear and Ted Williams
- Shows how these traditions can help one see the richness of the world and help those who have lost the chants of their own ancestors
With a rich history reaching back more than one thousand years, the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy--the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, the Cayuga, the Seneca, and the Tuscarora--are considered to be the most avid storytellers on earth with a collection of tales so vast it would dwarf those of any other society. Covering nearly the whole of New York State from the Hudson and Mohawk River Valleys westward across the Finger Lakes region to Niagara Falls and Salamanca, this mystical culture's supernatural tradition is the psychic bedrock of the Northeast, yet their treasury of tales and beliefs is largely unknown and their most powerful sacred sites unrecognized.
Assembling the lore and beliefs of this guarded spiritual legacy, Michael Bastine and Mason Winfield share the stories they have collected of both historic and contemporary encounters with beings and places of Iroquois legend: shapeshifting witches, strange forest creatures, ethereal lights, vampire zombies, cursed areas, dark magicians, talking animals, enchanted masks, and haunted hills, roads, and battlefields as well as accounts of miraculous healings by medicine people such as Mad Bear and Ted Williams. Grounding their tales with a history of the "Haundenosaunee," the People of the Long House, the authors show how the supernatural beings, places, and customs of the Iroquois live on in contemporary paranormal experience, still surfacing as startling and sometimes inspiring reports of otherworldly creatures, haunted sites, after-death messages, and mystical visions. Providing a link with America's oldest spiritual roots, these stories help us more deeply know the nature and super-nature around us as well as offer spiritual insights for those who can no longer hear the chants of their own ancestors.

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Imprint: Bear
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2011
First published: August 2011
Authors: Michael Bastine • Mason Winfield
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Original ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59143-127-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
LSN: 1-59143-127-1
Barcode: 9781591431275

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