Journal of American Folklore · 1997 · 33 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesAnthropologyCultural StudiesMythologyNarrative StudiesNarratologyGreek MythologyMythic Narrative PatternsMythic NarrativesMythological NarrativeNative American MythologyOrigin NarrativesConventions Of Mythic NarrativeGenealogical MythmakingMythic HistoryMythic Origin NarrativesMythographic TraditionMyths Of Indigenous OriginsNative American Poetry
Mythtelling: the ideas and emotions of the Earth expressed through stories-stories distilled from millennia of treading warily in nature, rather than undertaking to rearrange her furniture. Wisdom of the Mythtellers uncovers four kinds of ancestral dream-mapping: Native Australian, Native American, Celtic, and Greek.