Athapascan Variations

Abstract Athapascan territory stretches from the Alaskan interior to within striking distance of the Columbia Basin and the northern Plains. The crest displays, masked dances, and potlatches of the west, with distance, change to the Plains-style vision quests of the south and east. In mythology, too...

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Main Author: Bierhorst, John
Format: Book Part
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Published: Oxford University PressNew York, NY 2002
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eskimo*
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780195146226.003.0006 2023-12-31T10:06:34+01:00 Athapascan Variations Bierhorst, John 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195146226.003.0006 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/51989245/isbn-9780195146226-book-part-6.pdf unknown Oxford University PressNew York, NY The Mythology Of North America page 65-72 ISBN 9780195146226 9780197714812 book-chapter 2002 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195146226.003.0006 2023-12-06T08:34:45Z Abstract Athapascan territory stretches from the Alaskan interior to within striking distance of the Columbia Basin and the northern Plains. The crest displays, masked dances, and potlatches of the west, with distance, change to the Plains-style vision quests of the south and east. In mythology, too, there is a gradual shift from Eskimo and Northwest Coast influences, as Raven, the trickster-hero of the far west, becomes a villain, then virtually disappears east of the Rockies. Book Part eskimo* Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 65 72
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description Abstract Athapascan territory stretches from the Alaskan interior to within striking distance of the Columbia Basin and the northern Plains. The crest displays, masked dances, and potlatches of the west, with distance, change to the Plains-style vision quests of the south and east. In mythology, too, there is a gradual shift from Eskimo and Northwest Coast influences, as Raven, the trickster-hero of the far west, becomes a villain, then virtually disappears east of the Rockies.
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