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The Invisible Sex
Shaped by cartoons and museum dioramas, our vision of Paleolithic times tends to feature fur-clad male hunters fearlessly attacking mammoths while timid women hover fearfully …
Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine
An old woman lives still among the broken slopes of the mountains in the land of the Tarahumara Indians. No one knows exactly where. She is sometimes seen standing along the …
God: Myths of the Male Divine
He has been a trickster, a shaman, a divine child; he has been a sacrificial victim, a consort of the earth goddess, a warrior, a sky king; and the creator, a distant and …
The Mythology of Native North America
Most North Americans experience mythology by way of translations of classical texts, and surprisingly few of us are familiar with Coyote, Spider Woman, Water Jar boy, Falling Sky …
A Certain Malice
"Jake Page is one of the Southwest's most distinguished writers."--The Denver Post A bizarre murder leaves two teenagers dead in a desert arroyo, their naked bodies side by side, …
In the Hands of the Great Spirit
In the past two decades, a new breed of historians, anthropologists and archaeologist have uncovered a fuller, richer and surprising view of the entire American Indian experience. …
A Fabulous Kingdom
Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance. A …
Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America
This marvellous collection brings together the great myths and legends of the United States--from the creation stories of the first inhabitants, to the tall tales of the Western …
When the Planet Rages
In New England, 1816 was called the Year Without a Summer. Crops failed throughout America and, in Western Europe, it was even worse, with food riots and armed groups raiding …