Lankford, George E., 1938-

Reachable stars patterns in the ethnoastronomy of eastern North America / [electronic resource] : George E. Lankford. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007. - x, 303 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-297) and index.

Four ethnoastronomies -- The star husband -- The morning stars -- The morning star of the Winnebago -- Stars in the north : bears, biers, and boats -- The star cluster -- The star women -- The path through the stars -- The starry hand -- The serpent in the stars -- Some ethnoastronomical insights.


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9780817315689 (cloth : alk. paper) 0817315683 9780817354282 (pbk. : alk. paper) 081735428X




Indian cosmology--East (U.S.)
Indian cosmology--Great Plains.
Indian mythology--East (U.S.)
Indian mythology--Great Plains.
Ethnoastronomy--East (U.S.)
Ethnoastronomy--Great Plains.


Electronic books.

E98.C79 / L36 2007eb

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