Selected myth texts for ANTH 395: Myth in Life

Updated October 1, 2025
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African myths of origin
Belcher, Stephen Paterson
Paper Book
Gathering a wide range of traditional African myths, this compelling new collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. From impassioned descriptions of animal-creators to...
Coming to light : contemporary translations of the native literatures of North America
Swann, Brian.
Paper Book
Hawaiian Mythology
Beckwith, Martha Warren
Ebook
No detailed description available for "Hawaiian Mythology".
A motif-index of traditional Polynesian narratives
Kirtley, Bacil F.
Paper Book
This reference work analyzes and classifies the story themes of Polynesian myths, tales, and legends according to an internationally employed system developed by Stith Thompson in his Motif Index of Folk-Literature ( 1955-1958). Thousands of tales, including those from almost all of the major...
Native American legends of the Southeast tales from the Natchez, Caddo, Biloxi, Chickasaw, and other nations
Lankford, George E.
Ebook
The study of legends has long been a critical component of cultural anthropological analysis.  In Native American Legends of the Southeast, George E. Lankford has compiled and analyzed a collection of unique and rare legends that will continue to appeal to scholars and students of...
Nine visits to the mythworld
Ghandl.
Ebook
In the Fall of 1900, a young American anthropologist named John Swanton arrived in the Haida country, on the Northwest Coast of North America, intending to learn everything he could about Haida mythology. He spent the next ten months phonetically transcribing several thousand pages of myths, stories...
Sky loom : Native American myth, story, and song
Swann, Brian
Ebook
Sky Loom offers a dazzling introduction to Native American myths, stories, and songs drawn from previous collections by acclaimed translator and poet Brian Swann. With a general introduction by Swann, Sky Loom is a stunning collection that provides a glimpse into the...
The speaking land : myth and story in Aboriginal Australia
Berndt, Ronald M.
Paper Book
Sunjata : Three Mandinka Versions
Innes, Gordon
Ebook
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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