Where the echo began : and other oral traditions from southwestern Alaska /

Where the echo began : and other oral traditions from southwestern Alaska /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Himmelheber, Hans, 1908-2003
Other Authors: Fienup-Riordan, Ann
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2000]
Subjects:
Yupik Eskimos > Alaska > Nunivak Island > Folklore.
Yupik Eskimos > Alaska > Nunivak Island > Social life and customs.
Yupik mythology > Alaska > Nunivak Island.
Table of Contents:
  • The frozen path
  • Ethnographic notes on the Nunivak Eskimos
  • The use of noseblood as a binding agent for paint colors among the Eskimos
  • Unimaginable miracles in the poetry of Western Africa and the Eskimos.