The Wishing bone cycle : narrative poems from the Swampy Cree Indians / gathered and translated by Howard A. Norman ; pre-face [sic] by Jerome Rothenberg

Published: Santa Barbara, Ca : Ross-Erikson, [1982]
Copyright Date: ©1982
Edition: 2nd ed.
Physical Description: xi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators: Norman, Howard A.

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Contents

The wishing bone cycle: "Trickster" narratives--Born tying knots--Far north beast ghosts the clearing--Wichikapache goes walking, walking--Notes to the poems--Why owls die with wings outspread--Who met the ice lynx.

Subject(s)

Folk poetry, Cree—Translations into English

ISBN

0915520443

Note

"Expanded edition including 'Who met the ice lynx' and 'Why owls die with wings outspread'."

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