Selected myth texts for ANTH 395: Myth in Life

Updated October 1, 2025
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Coming to Light : Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America
Swann, Brian.
Ebook
A richly diverse anthology of Native American literatures draws on the work of more than two hundred tribes across the United States and Canada and provides information on the historical and cultural contexts of the stories, songs, prayers, and orations.
A motif-index of traditional Polynesian narratives
Kirtley, Bacil F.
Ebook
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...

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