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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
Marie L. McLaughlin delivers a memorable selection of Native
American stories infused with folklore and oral traditions passed
on from one generation to the next. This book features vivid
stories with larger-than-life characters and unforgettable
adventures. Myths and Legends of the Sioux is a collection of vast
stories rooted in indigenous culture. The tales are striking and
memorable, featuring both human and animal protagonists. In one
story, a small rabbit uses its wits to outsmart a large bear. In
another tale, a crane saves a family from an unfortunate
circumstance. Each legend delivers a powerful message that's
applicable to children and adults. With nearly 40 titles to choose
from, it's a robust display of classic lore. Myths and Legends of
the Sioux is filled with notable figures and remarkable creatures.
These stories have stood the test of time and continue to reach new
and unexpected heights. McLaughlin's collection is a brilliant
observation of Native American culture and identity. With an
eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this
edition of Myths and Legends of the Sioux is both modern and
readable.
Marie L. McLaughlin delivers a memorable selection of Native
American stories infused with folklore and oral traditions passed
on from one generation to the next. This book features vivid
stories with larger-than-life characters and unforgettable
adventures. Myths and Legends of the Sioux is a collection of vast
stories rooted in indigenous culture. The tales are striking and
memorable, featuring both human and animal protagonists. In one
story, a small rabbit uses its wits to outsmart a large bear. In
another tale, a crane saves a family from an unfortunate
circumstance. Each legend delivers a powerful message that's
applicable to children and adults. With nearly 40 titles to choose
from, it's a robust display of classic lore. Myths and Legends of
the Sioux is filled with notable figures and remarkable creatures.
These stories have stood the test of time and continue to reach new
and unexpected heights. McLaughlin's collection is a brilliant
observation of Native American culture and identity. With an
eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this
edition of Myths and Legends of the Sioux is both modern and
readable.
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical
literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles
have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades.
The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to
promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a
TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the
amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series,
tredition intends to make thousands of international literature
classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
Myths and Legends of the Sioux was edited by Marie L McLaughlin who
was one quarter Sioux. McLaughlin spent her childhood living in an
Indian community and after her marriage to an Indian agent she
lived on several reservations. She spoke the Sioux language
fluently and spent much time hearing and writing down the myths of
these people. The myths will give insight into the mentality of the
Sioux race and will also delight any child who hears the stories.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
Oral traditions and myths have long been an integral part of Native
American cosmology. Not only have they been - and continue to be -
an essential part of handing down Native American customs, norms,
beliefs, and cultural histories, but they also form a communal
mythic discourse. This discourse is not a "fixed text," but rather
a dynamic process of interactive relations that are developed over
generations of experience, and passed from relation to relation and
generation to generation. In this sense, the traditional structures
of mythic discourse serve an integrative function: to form a
coherent basis for communal identity in terms of a shared set of
fundamental ideas and beliefs expressed in multiple forms. The oral
traditions and myths recorded in this book are part of the communal
mythic discourse of the Lakota Sioux people. Originally collected
and recorded at the close of the nineteenth century by two Native
language speakers - Marie L. McLaughlin and Zitkala Sa - these oral
traditions provide some of the least distorted or colonially
disrupted examples of the Lakota Sioux communal mythic discourse.
Containing over 40 oral traditions, Lakota Sioux Legends and Myths
brings together into a single volume these remarkable myths and
legends. Edited and with a forward by Peter N. Jones, Ph.D., Lakota
Sioux Legends and Myths is a welcome and refreshing addition to the
literature. Once again the beauty, depth, and knowledge contained
within the Lakota Sioux oral traditions can speak for themselves.
The timid rabbit who outwits the tyrannical bear, the wonderful
turtle who marries the Indian chief's daughter, the pet crane who
saves a family--these and many other legendary figures appear in
"Myths and Legends of the Sioux." Marie L. McLaughlin, born to a
white father and a mixed-blood Sioux mother, heard these stories
while growing up among the eastern Sioux of Minnesota. When she
recorded them for posterity in 1916 she had long been the wife of
James McLaughlin, whom she served as interpreter during the years
he was head of the Devils Lake and Standing Rock agencies and an
inspector for the Indian Bureau. The thirty-eight pieces in this
collection are rich in humor, animal lore, otherworldly encounters,
and famous legends such as those featuring Unktomi (Spider) and the
Stone Boy.
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