The bungling host : the nature of indigenous oral literature /

The bungling host : the nature of indigenous oral literature /

The Bungling Host motif appears in countless indigenous cultures in North America and beyond. In this groundbreaking work, Daniel Clément has gathered more than four hundred North American variants of the story to examine how myths acquire meaning for their indigenous users and explores how seemingl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clément, Daniel, 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Indian mythology.
Folklore > North America.
Indians of North America > Folklore.
Animals > Symbolic aspects.
Ethnology > North America.
Montagnais Indians > Folklore.
Innu Indians > Folklore.
Myth.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Native American.

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