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Myths of the Cherokee / Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology — James Mooney

Myths of the Cherokee / Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

James Mooney

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 884 pages

Myths of the Cherokee is an ethnographic collection of Cherokee myths, stories, and historical sketches, compiled by James Mooney and published in 1902 as part of a Bureau of American Ethnology report. It presents traditional tales of creation, origins, and culture, offering insight into Cherokee oral literature and belief.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. ILLUSTRATIONS
  3. MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE
  4. I—INTRODUCTION
  5. II—HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHEROKEE
  6. III—NOTES TO THE HISTORICAL SKETCH
  7. IV—STORIES AND STORY TELLERS
  8. V—THE MYTHS
  9. NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS
  10. GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS
  11. INDEX TO PART 1
  12. Colophon
  13. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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