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Author : Tomie DePaola
Release : 2011
Genre : Bluebonnets (Lupines)
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 327/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis My First Legends by : Tomie DePaola
Download or read book My First Legends written by Tomie DePaola. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling of the Comanche Indian legend of how a little girl's sacrifice brought the flower called bluebonnet to Texas.
Author : Tomie DePaola
Release : 2011
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 898/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis My First Angels by : Tomie DePaola
Download or read book My First Angels written by Tomie DePaola. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhyming text describes nine everyday angels who help young children throughout the day. On board pages.
Author : Adrienne Mayor
Release : 2023-04-11
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 614/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fossil Legends of the First Americans by : Adrienne Mayor
Download or read book Fossil Legends of the First Americans written by Adrienne Mayor. This book was released on 2023-04-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and the Blackfeet, the first people to encounter the dinosaur fossils exposed by the elements. What did Native Americans make of these stone skeletons, and how did they explain the teeth and claws of gargantuan animals no one had seen alive? Did they speculate about their deaths? Did they collect fossils? Beginning in the East, with its Ice Age monsters, and ending in the West, where dinosaurs lived and died, this richly illustrated and elegantly written book examines the discoveries of enormous bones and uses of fossils for medicine, hunting magic, and spells. Well before Columbus, Native Americans observed the mysterious petrified remains of extinct creatures and sought to understand their transformation to stone. In perceptive creation stories, they visualized the remains of extinct mammoths, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine creatures as Monster Bears, Giant Lizards, Thunder Birds, and Water Monsters. Their insights, some so sophisticated that they anticipate modern scientific theories, were passed down in oral histories over many centuries. Drawing on historical sources, archaeology, traditional accounts, and extensive personal interviews, Adrienne Mayor takes us from Aztec and Inca fossil tales to the traditions of the Iroquois, Navajos, Apaches, Cheyennes, and Pawnees. Fossil Legends of the First Americans represents a major step forward in our understanding of how humans made sense of fossils before evolutionary theory developed.
Author : Thomas Vennum
Release : 2007-07-15
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 294/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lacrosse Legends of the First Americans by : Thomas Vennum
Download or read book Lacrosse Legends of the First Americans written by Thomas Vennum. This book was released on 2007-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient Native American sport, lacrosse was originally played to resolve conflicts, heal the sick, and develop strong, virile men. In Lacrosse Legends of the First Americans, Thomas Vennum draws on centuries of oral tradition to collect thirteen legends from five tribes—the Cherokee, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Seneca, Ojibwa, and Menominee. Reflecting the game's origins and early history, these myths provide a glimpse into Native American life and the role of the "Creator’s Game” in tribal culture. From the Great Game in which the Birds defeated the Quadrupeds to high-stakes contests after which the losers literally lost their heads, these stories reveal the fascinating spiritual world of the first lacrosse players as well as the violent reality of the original sport. Lacrosse enthusiasts will learn about game equipment, ritual preparations, dress, and style of play, from stick handling to scoring. They will discover how the "coach"—a medicine man—conjured potions to prevent game injuries or make the opponent's leg cramp as well as how early craftsmen identified the perfect tree—marked by a lightning strike—from which to carve a lacrosse stick. The game is no longer played by large numbers of men on mile-long fields, and plastic, titanium, and nylon have replaced hickory and ash, leather, and catgut. As lacrosse continues to evolve, this collection will help us remember and understand its rich and complex history.
Author : Michael J. Sullivan
Release : 2023-01-17
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 445/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Age of Legend by : Michael J. Sullivan
Download or read book Age of Legend written by Michael J. Sullivan. This book was released on 2023-01-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each culture has its own myths and legends, but only one is shared, and it is feared by all. With Age of Myth, Age of Swords, and Age of War, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan riveted readers with a tale of unlikely heroes locked in a desperate battle to save mankind. After years of warfare, humanity has gained the upper hand and has pushed the Fhrey to the edge of their homeland, but no farther. Now comes the pivotal moment. Persephone's plan to use the stalemate to seek peace is destroyed by an unexpected betrayal that threatens to hand victory to the Fhrey and leaves a dear friend in peril. Humanity's only hope lies in the legend of a witch, a forgotten song, and a simple garden door.
