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Native American Traditions
Teresa Pijoan, Pueblo Indian Wisdom: Native American Legends and Mythology“Anyone interested in mythology and legends will enjoy these stories which have been passed down orally for generations by the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest. They reveal pueblo customs and traditions as well as the ceremonial aspects of pueblo religion. A character called Grandfather, the fictional narrator of these stories, embodies the collective wisdom of the Pueblo Indians, the attitudes about universal dilemmas and conflicts in human life that developed through many generations.
“Some of the stories are realistic; others involve the supernatural. Some evoke the initial contact between the pueblos and the Spanish conquistadors. There are also tales of the joy and bitterness of interactions between parents and children, husbands and wives, and humans and spirits. Rites of passage and ‘vision quests’ often enter into the characters’ attempts to live in harmony with nature, other humans, and spirits. Lessons on how to live, of growing up, marrying, parenting, and growing old sometimes emerge straightforwardly in these stories, but more often, readers are left to draw their own conclusions.”
Sunstone Press, 2000. 117 pages, illus., about 5½ x 8½ inches, paperback. New.
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